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02/18/2024

Interesting video about the history of uniforms.

07/21/2023
New research changes the narrative on the introduction of the horse.  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/native-a...
04/04/2023

New research changes the narrative on the introduction of the horse. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/native-americans-spread-horses-through-the-west-earlier-than-thought-180981912/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=432023&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwAR1UvWP5ppoZix0wev0TAFM2T7Rhm8xCsDC6fJWi6rqja80p6hTCjnTDe2g

Native Americans spread the animals across the West before Europeans arrived in the region, archaeological evidence and Indigenous knowledge show

Very interesting discovery.
12/30/2022

Very interesting discovery.

Jamestown Rediscovery is proud to work with incredible researchers from across the globe. Ariane's work to understand European and indigenous dog populations in North America turned up a surprising find - the dogs at Jamestown in the early years were indigenous, not European.

Read more about her work and the changing story of dogs in North America in The Washington Post!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/12/29/dogs-native-jamestown-discovered/

A new National Park site in Illinois.
12/30/2022

A new National Park site in Illinois.

New Philadelphia National Historic Site has been established as the newest national park to commemorate the history of early 19th century Black pioneers in Illinois. Located near Barry, Illinois, New Philadelphia is the first town known to be officially registered by an African American. Frank McWorter, once an enslaved man, bought his freedom and the freedom of 15 family members by mining for crude niter in Kentucky caves and processing the mined material into saltpeter, by hiring his time to other settlers, and by selling lots in New Philadelphia, the town he founded.

The New Philadelphia site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places - NPS, designated as a National Historic Landmarks Program, and included in the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. New Philadelphia National Historic Site is now the 424th park in the National Park System.

Learn more at: https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/new-philadelphia-national-historic-site-new-national-park.htm

Image: Burdick House located in New Philadelphia.

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