Focus Term: History Happened Here
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History Happened Here: Sidepaths and the Persistent Dreams of Trail Building
May 27, 2015
In the middle of the 21st-century bike boom, the rail-trail movement is the most successful way to build trails for bikers and walkers.
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History Happened Here: How the Switchback Railroad Inspired the Invention of the Roller Coaster
September 12, 2014
The Switchback Gravity Railroad, built in 1827, was only the second railroad built in America. It relied on gravity, with mules.
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Historic Preservation & Community Identity
October 15, 2003