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New work by local author chronicles The Night the Churches Burned (Fond du Lac Reporter)
Fond du Lac author and historian Tracy Reinhardt looked to her story-telling father for her inspiration.
Coastal community news briefs for Sunday, Oct. 12 (North County Times)
Halloween Hi-Jinks slated for kids VISTA ---- The Friends of Heritage Park Village will hold its annual Halloween Hi-Jinks from 11 a.m to 4 p.m. Oct. 19 at Heritage Park, 220 Peyri Road, behind Mission San Luis Rey. The event will include entertainment by Michael the Wizard, costume fashion show, free popcorn and apple cider, police K9 demonstration, face painting and games. Children's books ...
Photos offer window into Kickapoo reservation life (The Pantagraph)
BLOOMINGTON -- In the fall of 1906, McLean County resident Milo Custer spent nearly two weeks at the Kickapoo Indian reservation in northeast Kansas. His interest in the Kansas Kickapoo lay in the fact that they were the descendents of the last American Indians to reside in Central Illinois. | From Our Past page
Palin may be related to Princess Diana, Roosevelt (Boston Globe)
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is distantly related to the late Princess Diana and late U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, genealogy experts said on Wednesday.
Colorful, spacious, great (Park Hills Daily Journal)
They like it. Park Hills Library patrons who attended the open house Monday night were pleased with the new quarters at 16 South Coffman Street.
Ancestry.com Reveals Who Would be King of America and Candidate Roots as Presidential Election Approaches (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
If George Washington had been America's king instead of its first president, an 82-year-old retired regional manager from San Antonio, Texas would be King of America today. As red and blue battleground states emerge in the upcoming presidential election, Americans may be interested to know that Senator Barack Obama has deep roots in Ohio or that Senator John McCain has family members from North ...
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