MONTANA (Billings Gazette) — About seven years after the end of the Civil War, on March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed a law creating Yellowstone National Park, the first of its kind in the world. The Yellowstone National Park Protection Act “set apart a certain tract of land lying near the headwaters of […]
About seven years after the end of the Civil War, on March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed a law creating Yellowstone National Park, the first of its kind
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Cowan s American Historical Ephemera & Photography auction surpasses $705,000
An archive of letters related to Danvers, Massachusetts, physician and statesman Dr. Samuel Holten. Price realized: $46,875.
CINCINNATI, OH
.- On June 25, Cowans, a Hindman company, American Historical Ephemera and Photography auction realized more than $705,000 and saw active and competitive bidding throughout. The sale presented an outstanding selection of 18th to early 20th century material and reflected important historical periods including the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the Indian Wars, World Wars I and II, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Womens Suffrage Movement. The Civil War Collection of Dennis C. Schurr and the Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection, which included the third installment of Brown Water Navy photographs and a carefully curated selection of autographs and manuscripts from Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Gideon Welles, D.G. Farragut, David Dixon Porter, U.S. Grant,