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Placeography is a wiki where you can share the history of and stories about a house, building, farmstead, public land, neighborhood or any place to which you have a personal connection. If you don't have a place to contribute, please enjoy learning about others.

To get started learn how to add pages then add a building.

March's Featured Place
Image of Franklin Coop-Creamery
Franklin_Cooperative Creamery

This successful business grew from the ideas of a few people. In September 1919, a group of workers tried to become members of the Milk Driver's Union, Local 471. An organization known as the Citizen's Alliance encouraged milk dealers to fear the idea of union drivers. A strike was called by one creamery, and other milk processing plants "locked out" workers. This meant that Minneapolis residents were unable to buy perishable dairy products for their families.

Portal:Madison County Historical Society

Madison County Historical Society The history of Madison County, Kentucky is a rich and varied one and worthy of preservation. Since 1891 the Madison County Historical Society has been dedicated to that purpose.

The pages of Madison County's history are filled with colorful personalities and exciting events.


Cities in Placeography
John Dillinger Slept Here Tour

No, John Dillinger did not sleep in all these places, but rather this tour is based on the history book by Paul Maccabee John Dillinger Slept Here: A Crooks' Tour of Crime and Corruption in St. Paul 1920-1936 about Saint Paul's hey day as a haven for gangsters on the down low. It was a win-win situation between the police and gangsters, until it all started to fall apart.


Featured Project: Pseudonymous Minnesota
Minnesota map

Pseudonymous Minnesota
Coleman's Pseudonymous Minnesota: The Real Models for Fictional Minnesota Places. Some of these disguises are fairly pedestrian, such as William McNally's "Capitol City" for St. Paul, but others are wonderfully creative, such as Sinclair Lewis's "Northernapolis" for Duluth.



Preservation in the News

News Feed from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

SS United States Conservancy Fears Ship's Demolition
The 1952 vessel has been for sale for years, with no buyers. [?]
Threatened: Arizona School
Peoria High School could be torn down. [?]
Minnesota Jail Saved
Duluth's 1923 landmark will be sold and renovated. [?]
Florida To Lose 1941 Shuffleboard Courts
Kissimmee, Florida, will destroy the courts as part of a $25 million park makeover. [?]
Willa Cather's Birthplace for Sale
The longtime owner of the worn Virginia birthplace of the author wants to sell it to a preservation-friendly buyer. [?]
Susan B. Anthony Birthplace and Museum Opens
A long-neglected 1817 farmhouse was restored as a museum. [?]
Threatened: Cincinnati's Gamble House
The owner of an 1830s Victorian wants to tear it down. [?]
Maryland Mansion Goes Green
A 200-year-old mansion is being restored sustainably. [?]
Lost: Andrew Carnegie's Pittsburgh Locomotive Works
A 19th-century factory is being razed for a parking lot. [?]
Kansas Couple Saves 19th-Century Schoolhouse
A one-room schoolhouse was moved this month to a Kansas farm, where it will become an events center. [?]

Resources
National Register of Historic Places

Learn about National Register of Historic Places, the nation's official list of properties deemed worthy of preservation.


Photo and Map Resources

The Library of Congress

Minnesota Historical Society

Smithsonian Institution


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