Episodes Around: 18950101 to 18961231

  1. Arthur P. Thrasher Correspondence
    date 1895 to 1898map ST LOUIS CITY, Missouritags Agriculture, Economy, Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    Frank and Alice Thrasher lived on a houseboat called Eureka harbored at the end of Bower Street in St. Louis, Missouri in 1897. Their son, Glenn, worked nearby on a tugboat that went up and down the Mississippi, and Frank, a tinsmith from New Orleans, continued a desperate search for work throughout the year. Alice, also out of work, remained on the houseboat most of the time, except for a few explorations...

  2. Durham Handbook Reveals Thoughts on Local African Americans
    date 1895 to 1896map DURHAM, North Carolinatags African-Americans, Education, Government, Law, Politics, Race-Relations

    The Educator Company, comprised of a group of people dedicated to the advancement and prosperity of their towns, released a Handbook of Durham County in 1895. In the introduction, the authors stated that their intention was to give people seeking a new home a brief description of the area and the advantages it offers as one of the foremost cities of the South. Throughout the book, they gave detailed...