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History
Sites To See

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AMERICAN
HISTORY:
American
and British History Resources on the Internet
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/history.shtml
Links to hundreds of American and British
history sites.
American
Memory
http://rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html
Search all collections or browse "Over
90 Collections Now Online" for historic documents, maps, still photos,
films, sheet music and sound recordings in the Library of Congress that
trace America's history. Some of the topics covered are: Baseball Cards,
1887-1914, Voices From the Dust Bowl, and F.D.R.'s radio announcement of
the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
American
Association for State and Local History
http://www.aaslh.org/resource.htm
Links to historical museums and historical
societies throughout the United States.
Documents
for the Study of American History
http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html
Need primary source documents? This is
the place for documents that range from a 1494 letter from Christopher
Columbus to Queen Isabella of Spain through President Clinton's 1993 State
of the Union address.
The
History Place
http://www.historyplace.com/
Photos, timelines, and text show the history
of the United States from the American Revolution through the 20th Century.
20th
Century USA
http://www.geocities.com:80/Athens/Forum/9061/USA/twenty/twenty.html
Primary source documents about America
in the 20th Century - from the Presidential Libraries to rock and roll.
U.S.
Civil War Center Index of Civil War Information Available on the Internet
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/
Includes links to books and magazine about
the Civil War, archives, historic places, Civil War organizations, battles,
flags, military units, uniforms, biographies, and more.
USA:
Outline of American History (1994)
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/index.htm
A hypertext history of North America from
Pre-Columbian Native America through the 20th Century.

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MINNESOTA
HISTORY:
Dakota
Conflict of 1862
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/schools/dakota/conflict/history.htm
Eighth grade students from Dakota Meadows
school in North Mankato created this site about the causes and aftermath
of the Dakota Conflict, including an overview and chronology of events,
personal stories of the Uprising, description of battles, the mass hanging
in Mankato, and later reconciliation efforts. Load Quick Time to listen
to and view the entire site.
Famous
American Trials: The Dakota Conflict Trials 1862
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/dakota/dakota.html
University of Missouri Law Professor Doug
Linder has brought together a chronology of the Dakota Conflict and events
leading up to it, The Picture Story of the Sioux Uprising by Jerry
Fearing, biographical sketches of key figures, accounts of the trials and
the execution, trial records, President Lincoln's pardons, and other information
about the Conflict.
History
of Minnesota
http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/history/mnstatehistory/index.shtml
Scroll down the page for a photo of a
sod house, links to a timeline of Minnesota history, and fun facts about
Minnesota..
Minnesota
Historical Society
http://www.mnhs.org/
Information and photos about Minnesota
and Minnesotans from 1850 to the present.
Minnesota
County Historical Societies, Chapters & Local Organizations
http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/mho/chsclo.html
A directory, by county, of Minnesota County
Historical Societies, their addresses, phone numbers, hours of operation,
and directors. History centers in south-central Minnesota with web pages
include:
World
of Work: History of Work in Minnesota
http://www.brainerd.net/~mlic/features/wowork/index.html
Take a virtual tour of the Minnesota Labor
Interpretive Center and view Minnesotans from pre-Columbian hunters to 20th
Century farmers, millers, meat packers, lumber jacks, and miners at work.

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WORLD
HISTORY:
Earth
Station1: The WWII Sounds and Pictures Page
http://earthstation1.simplenet.com/wwii.html
Great primary source information about
World War II as shown by photographs, propaganda posters, and sound files
of radio broadcasts and speeches by Hitler, MacArthur, Mussolini, Roosevelt,
and others.
Exploring
Ancient World Cultures
http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm
Looks at European, Middle Eastern, and
Indian history and culture from the days of ancient Greece through the
Middle Ages.
History
Net - Where History Lives On The Web
http://www.thehistorynet.com/home.htm
Look here for a listing of events that
happened "Today In History", for National History Day information, and
for the full-text of 350 articles about U.S. and world history, courtesy
of Cowles, a major publisher of history magazines.
Horus'
History Links
http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/horuslinks.html
Links to historical information from ancient
to modern times, arranged by country, time period and locale.
Minnesota
State University EMuseum
http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/index.shtml
Information and exhibits about archeology,
biology, history, and cultures around the world.
Picture
Collection
http://www.thepicturecollection.com/
More than 20 million photographs from
Time,
Life, People,
Fortune, and Sports Illustrated
show life in the 20th Century from 1930 onward. Access to the site is free,
but you must register to use it.
World
History
http://www.hyperhistory.com/
Use this timeline to find historical maps
and brief information about notable people and events in world history.
World
War I Document Archive
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/
This site has an image archive, biographical
sketches of key players in the war, personal reminiscences, the text of
conventions, treaties, and official papers, and links to additional sites
about World War I.

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