SUBMITTED BY OUR STORY, INC. Much has been written about Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin origins, two…
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Celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation: Two former slaves and Nevada Territory
By ThisIsRenoBy ThisIsRenoBy Our Story, Inc. Manumitted by his father, Sir Jennings Beckwith, after four years in a…
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Celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation: Nevada as part of Utah Territory
By ThisIsRenoBy ThisIsRenoSUBMITTED BY OUR STORY, INC. In 1847 the Mormon pioneers entered what would be called Utah…
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Celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation: Nevada 1840-1860—California Influence
By ThisIsRenoBy ThisIsRenoSUBMITTED BY OUR STORY, INC. And what of Nevada? Tribes inhabited the land that would become…
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SUBMITTED BY OUR STORY, INC. James Buchanan, U.S. congressman, U.S. senator, former secretary of state, was…
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OUR STORY INC. RELEASE Franklin Pierce was a “dough boy,” a Northerner supporting the Southern position…
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OUR STORY, INC. RELEASE Although Millard Fillmore succeeded unexpectedly to the presidency, prior New York state…
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OUR STORY INC. RELEASE The last president to own slaves while in office was the twelfth,…
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OUR STORY, INC. NEWS RELEASE James Polk was a slaveholder for his entire life. He became…