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This is a gold nugget that was found by Alice Shea, after she saw a gold glint wedged in a boulder as she walked to her husband’s claim. It weights 52oz or 1642grams This happened in 1937 northern British Columbia, before being sold to the BC…

Following from the Newlands Resolution, on April 30th 1900. President McKinley signed the Hawaiian Organic Act. As a result, this formally made the islands of Hawaii a territory of the United States.

The Organic Act redefined the political…

This is a wet-plate processed photograph of a group of Indigenous people in Yosemite Valley, California. The appearance of the four subjects is muddy, with soil streaks on their faces and clothes. The title is actually a derogative term used by white…