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Explore the History of Alabama’s Gulf Coast
MOSAIC
CONTRIBUTORS
Letters
ECHOES OF EMPIRE
PASS THE BUCKS
FACTS OF LEER
SCHOOLED IN SPEECH
NATIVE SAINT
STYLE • We peruse a museum and book that honor a statue which needs no introduction and visit a mansion on Long Island’s North Shore recast as a luxury hotel and event venue.
The Weight of Gold • A phenomenal strike in the Klondike set Canada and America at loggerheads
Give ’em Healthcare, Harry! • Howls of “socialized medicine” greeted Truman’s 1946 try for national health coverage
Off the Rails • When mass transit was on the rise, interurban rail enjoyed a brief, brilliant heyday
Everything old is new again • Interurban rail’s unlikely second—and third—acts
Shell Game • In 1938, pecan shellers in San Antonio stood up to that city’s establishment
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