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This Ore-Rich Montana Ghost Town Is Now Ground Central for Mountain Bikers
In the hills 6 miles north of Three Forks, in south-central Montana, the Emerson Mining District had all the potential...
Filipinos and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
October is Filipino American History Month, which commemorates the first Filipinos to arrive on the North American continent at what...
Nepal is the Birthplace of Buddha. It’s Also Home to Some of the World’s Toughest Fighters
The heavy fighting at the Siege of Delhi during the 1857 Indian Mutiny left the 462 men of Maj. Charles...
Foods of the 1893 World’s Fair
Chicago has undoubtedly become one of the culinary epicenters of the world. The city’s location in the middle of the...
Tickets Auctioned From the Night of Lincoln’s Murder at Ford’s Theatre
Boston auction house RR Auction recently sold two Ford’s Theatre tickets dated 14 April 1865, including handwritten details such as...
“What shall I wear at the World’s Fair in Chicago?”
CHM research and insights analyst Marissa Croft writes about the gap in experience between high society dress and visitors to...
World War II’s Most Savage Submarine Commanders
The stealthy nature of submarine warfare brought with it a dicey redefinition of what constitute war crimes. In Sea Wolves,...
John Kikulski and the Labor Movement
To mark Labor Day 2023, CHM editor Heidi Samuelson writes about Polish-born John Kikulski, a Chicago labor leader in the...
What Happened to UAL Flight 23?
At 2:10 p.m. on October 10, 1933, Emil Smith sent a telegram to the aunt with whom he lived in...
Celebrating Obon in Chicago – Chicago History Museum
Celebration of Obon, 1963. CHM, ICHi-037492; Albert M. Hayashi, photographerIn 2023, the multiday Japanese holiday of Obon or Bon takes...
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