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  Encyclopedia :: 1836   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
June 15 - Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
1836: The battle then and now: Date in history is more memorable after uproar about MLS club's name.
- Today the Alamo Fell, In 1836, and not yet Forgotten, Remember the Alamo The Battle of the Alamo The myth and legend of the Alamo is the creation story of Texas, central to the Texas legend itself, and it is a legend which continues growing, captu...
www.hallencyclopedia.com /1836   (1472 words)

  
 The Constitution of North Carolina
From 1836 until 1868, Senators were elected from districts laid out according to the amount of taxes paid to the State from the respective counties, thus effecting senatorial representation in proportion to property values.
Following the precedent established in amending the United States Constitution, the 1835 amendments were appended to the Constitution of 1776, not incorporated in it as is the modern practice.
An amendment to shift the elections for state legislative, executive, and judicial officers and for county officers from even-numbered to odd-numbered years (beginning in 1989 for legislators and 1993 for Governors and other state executives) was submitted by the General Assembly of 1985 to the voters, who rejected it on May 6, 1986.
statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/stgovt/preconst.htm   (6110 words)

  
 THE BLACK EXPERIENCE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In 1969, the State Department of Education became the Department of Education, and the Commissioner of Education replaced the State Superintendent of Public Instruction as chief educational officer of the state (Ch.
The first state census was authorized by the Constitution of 1838 to commence in 1845 and to be continued at ten year intervals.  The purpose of this census was twofold: to supplement the Federal ten-year census that was carried out at the beginning of each decade and to determine Legislative electoral districts.
The state census was abolished in 1949 and the federal census served as the state’s census record beginning in 1950 (Senate Joint Resolution #46, 1949).
dlis.dos.state.fl.us /barm/BlackExperience/blackexp.html   (12189 words)

  
 ESP :: History :: Timeline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Many leaders believe that crime is the result of environment, and that solitude will make the criminal regretful and penitent (hence the new word, Penitentiary).
Eastern State’s arched cell blocks and central rotunda are transformed into a mental institution in the movie 12 Monkeys, with Brad Pitt.
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site celebrates the tenth season of tours by opening several dramatic new vistas in the prison's cathedral-like cellblocks, and by introducing of a state-of-the-art "Voices of Eastern State" Audio Tour.
www.easternstate.org /history   (2120 words)

  
 South Africa (03/06)
The Assembly is elected by a system of "list proportional representation." Each of the parties appearing on the ballot submits a rank-ordered list of candidates.
The Republic of South Africa maintains an embassy in the United States at 3051 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008; tel.
U.S. citizens who are long-term visitors or traveling in dangerous areas are encouraged to register their travel via the State Department’s travel registration web site at https://travelregistration.state.gov or at the Consular section of the U.S. embassy upon arrival in a country by filling out a short form and sending in a copy of their passports.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2898.htm   (5999 words)

  
 Trails Number 18 July 2001 - Texas State Library
Although the State Library only received a portion of the appropriation it requested for the program, the State Library intends to use the same formula for distribution of the funds: one-quarter as a base grant, and three-quarters as a match on local expenditures.
On display in the new museum are 21 original artifacts from the Texas State Archives, including two Mexican battle flags captured by the Texians at the Battle of San Jacinto; William Travis's letter from the Alamo; the 1875 Texas Constitution; and the treaty between Sam Houston and the Cherokees in 1836.
LFTA Chair Dee Brock states, "We are delighted the Friends of Libraries and Archives of Texas has formed—it's a natural partnership." Membership in the Friends of Libraries and Archives of Texas is open to anyone who supports library and archival services in Texas, including individuals, local Friends groups, and businesses.
www.tsl.state.tx.us /pubs/trails/trailscurrent.html   (5650 words)

  
 Slavery and the Admission of California into the Union
The question of slavery extension made California an integral part of the territory of the United States; the birth, a half-century ago, of the free State of California, inflicted a mortal wound upon the enemy of human freedom.
New states are regularly formed by enabling acts of Congress out of territories of the United States, organized under its authority or acquired in an organized condition from foreign states.
Southern leaders were almost beside themselves at the imminent prospect of losing the richest country of the Mexican cession.
www.sfmuseum.org /hist5/caladmit.html   (2554 words)

  
 Table of Contents and Excerpt, Steely, Parks for Texas
Texas should have led all other states in the Union in the ownership and maintenance of State parks, especially in view of the fact that of the forty-eight states she is the only one that once owned title to all her lands.
Texas leaders in the 1880s danced on the edge of growing national trends for government stewardship of public lands, as well as guardianship of the public's collective identity in scenery and battlefields.
Fifty years after state acquisition of the San Jacinto cemetery, and ten years after the crusade for a state park system began, in midwinter at the approach of 1933, Colp should have been ready for the park development opportunities of a lifetime.
www.utexas.edu /utpress/excerpts/exstepar.html   (3027 words)

  
 Arkansas Encyclopedia Volume D Arkansas History State of Arkansas
It is located near the center of the state at the junction of Interstate Highways 30 & 40, and on the south bank of the Arkansas River in Pulaski County.
The border states are Louisiana in the south, Missouri in the north, Tennessee and Mississippi in the west, and Texas and Oklahoma along the western border.
According to the United States Census, the population estimate of Arkansas was 2,710,079 in the year 2002 showing an increase over the 2000 census.
www.geocities.com /arkencyclo/ddd.html   (1574 words)

  
 Emporia State University - Center for Great Plains Studies
Although, according to the 1990 United States Census of Population for Kansas, only 988 individuals from these tribes live in the state, the drum beat of their powwows goes on.
In 1836 they were assigned a reservation in Kansas which proved to be unsatisfactory and most Iowas removed, once again, to Oklahoma.
By 1833 their lands along Lake Michigan were ceded to the United States, whereupon they agreed to move to a reservation in eastern Kansas, although many Ottawas remained scattered about the lower Michigan peninsula.
www.emporia.edu /cgps/tales/m94tala.htm   (2655 words)

  
 Collections Pertaining to Women's History and Women's Issues - State Library & Archives of Florida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Florida State Archives, under the Florida Department of State, is the official repository for the public records of the state of Florida.
The Florida State Society is the central organizing committee for the various local chapters of the DAR, a women's society of descendants of American Revolutionaries whose mission is to promote historical, educational and patriotic work.
Bolton's instrumental role in the fight for equal rights for women and other minorities in the state and country is well documented in these records which reflect her life's work.
dlis.dos.state.fl.us /barm/fsa/women'sguide.htm   (6171 words)

  
 New Netherland Project Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Albany: University of the State of New York, 1932.
Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1626-1932.
Albany: University of the State of New York, 1920-1923.
www.nnp.org /project/bibliography.html   (6018 words)

  
 NJDARM: Homecoming for New Jersey Colonial Documents - What people are saying...
The prime item sought by the state was the personal handprinted book of Royal Gov. Robert Barclay from the period of 1664-88 that provides the minutes of the 41 meetings in London of the Lord Proprietors of East Jersey.
The state acquired the book, which includes documentation of the earliest government in the state, and all the maps that had been separated.
Klett said the state is preparing to display copies of the documents inside the archives building starting in October, with the original documents displayed for a day at the Morven museum near downtown Princeton Borough.
www.state.nj.us /state/darm/links/homecomingsay.html   (6210 words)

  
 State Library Publications List
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission produces and distributes more than 300 publications to inform and assist librarians and library users, genealogists, historians, members of state government, records managers, and the general public.
State Library publications are available in alternate format upon request.
Alphabetical lists of company commanders with muster rolls, of counties containing company commanders with muster rolls, and of Texas Confederate soldiers.
www.tsl.state.tx.us /pubs/tslpublist.html   (1172 words)

  
 Famous Firsts by African Americans
State elected official: Alexander Lucius Twilight, 1836, the Vermont legislature.
U.S. cabinet member: Robert C. Weaver, 1966–1968, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under Lyndon Johnson; the first fl female cabinet minister was Patricia Harris, 1977, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under Jimmy Carter.
The first fl female Secretary of State was Condoleezza Rice, 2005—.
www.infoplease.com /spot/bhmfirsts.html   (1171 words)

  
 The Enlightenment, Freemasonry, and The Illuminati
Leo XII lamented the fact that Christian princes and heads of state had not fully obeyed the Vatican in suppressing Masonry, "as the safety of both Church and State required", in the words of one Jesuit writer.
Within certain segments of the state and church, it was thought that the Order had burrowed still further underground, and was at work throughout the continent under many different guises.
Local and state laws against theatre were repealed, along with censorship laws as well — all to the consternation of ministers throughout the country.
www.atheists.org /Atheism/roots/enlightenment   (11971 words)

  
 Homework Help -- Local History
PBS provides this list of links to biographies on all members of the Corps of Discovery.
University of Washington Libraries’ state section of Pacific Northwest History lists links including "100 Years in the Pacific Northwest" from the Seattle Times and Tacoma Public Library’s NW History Databases.
The materials are drawn from the extensive collections of the University of Washington Libraries, the Cheney Cowles Museum/Eastern Washington State Historical Society in Spokane, and the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle.
www.kcls.org /hh/localhistory.cfm   (1667 words)

  
 Alabama
EDPA was created in 1991 by a group of Alabama business leaders who saw the need for private sector support in the state's economic development efforts.
It provides a list of county names, dates the counties were established, the origin of the county name, and the county seats.
The list includes a link to the actual emblem/symbol, the name of the emblem/symbol, and the date it was adopted.
www.jsu.edu /depart/library/graphic/alabama.htm   (9502 words)

  
 Strange Science: Timeline
This (by no means comprehensive!) list chronicles some of the major events in the history of paleontology and biology.
1785-Thomas Jefferson publishes Notes on the State of Virginia refuting Buffon's claim that America's harsh, moist climate stunts the growth of its inhabitants.
They assert that it is evidence of both meat eating, caused by consuming the liver of a large carnivore, and sufficient sociability in Homo erectus to care for an ill and incapacitated individual.
www.strangescience.net /timeline.htm   (11415 words)

  
 New Hampshire Almanac
Attorney General of the United States; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Vice President of the United States under President Grant.
The New Hampshire Almanac is compiled by the New Hampshire State Library from state statutes and other sources as noted.
www.state.nh.us /nhinfo/people.html   (288 words)

  
 Texas Historical Commission
Take Hwy 390 north and Hwy 105 east to Washington-on-the-Brazos, the "Birthplace of Texas," where Texas leaders met to sign the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836.
Here, discover Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site and explore an exact replica of Independence Hall, where the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed.
Nearby, the renowned Star of the Republic Museum features exhibits and collections focused on the Texas republic period.
www.thc.state.tx.us /travel/itineraries/htbrenham.html   (289 words)

  
 Texas Governor Rick Perry - April - Texas Music Events Calendar 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The list of charities are made up from the performing artist and the volunteer staff at Beanstock.
The Three Rivers Bluegrass Festival at theTres River Ranch is one of the largest held in the state of Texas.
With the addition of fine artists and craftsmen, concessions, games, activities and a large Children's art tent, people have the opportunity to experience a multicultural event that is for and about the arts in a beautiful park setting.
www.governor.state.tx.us /divisions/music/events/tmec_april.htm   (8254 words)

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