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History of the California Gold Rush: How It Created the State
Reading Time: 5 minutesHISTORY OF THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH On August 19, 1848, the New York Herald reported news of the California Gold Rush along the American East Coast. It was not new news to those further West, as the gold rush had started in January and was publicized in San Francisco in March. However, the New York…
Read MoreHistory of Father’s Day: The Beginning
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF FATHER’S DAY: The Beginning [NOTE: I wrote a more extended and serious version of this article for CBS.com several years ago. It has been published on their network of sites for major cities nationwide. You can find that article here.] Origin of Father’s Day The celebration of Father’s Day goes back to…
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Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF FATHER’S DAY he celebration of Father’s Day goes back all the way to the beginning, actually to the Garden of Eden, when Abel gave his father Adam a razor while his brother Cain gave his father a snake-skin tie. This was the beginning of Cain’s downward slide. Scholars have debated for ages why…
Read MoreHistory of Fathers Day
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF FATHERS DAY The celebration of Father’s Day goes back all the way to the beginning, actually to the Garden of Eden when Abel gave his father Adam a razor while his brother Cain gave his father a snake-skin tie. This was the beginning of Cain’s downward slide. Scholars have debated for ages why…
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