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Mother Jones: The "Miners' Angel" - Part I
The first half of a brief sketch of labor activist Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.
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The Hercules Mine of Idaho
The California gold rush of 1849 was just one of many boom and bust cycles in mining throughout the west. Many mined gold, some silver, some lead, and many other minerals. The Hercules mine, in the Idaho panhandle, was one of the most productive silver mines in the West.
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Spokane's Free Speech Fight
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) was organized in 1905 and soon became involved in Free Speech fights in several western cities, including Spokane, Washington
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Antiques and Centralia- A Great Pair
Antique stores are everywhere I turn as I wander down Tower Street in Centralia. If you like antiques, this is the place, folks!
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Mother Jones Biography
Biography of Mother Jones (nee Mary Harris), iconic American labor activist and organizer whom the Senate declared "the most dangerous woman in America".
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What's New to Do in Park City Utah
High in Utah's Wasatch Mountains, near Salt Lake City, a mining town museum is reborn and dedicated distillers bring whiskey to a high art.
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Mother Jones: The "Miners' Angel" - Part II
This installment concludes the brief biography of Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, begun in the February 12 issue.

The Big Rock Candy Mountain
We all yearn for heaven, the promised land, shangrila, nirvana, paradise. To the American hobo of the 1930s, it was expressed in the anonymous ballad, <i>The Big Rock Candy Mountain</i>. I have those same longings for paradise, but maybe we must empower ourselves and truly live in the present if we wish to live in heaven.
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The Folk Music Revival in the 1960s
History and analysis of musicians and songwriters of 1960s folk music.
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