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The Gainesville Daily Register Digitization Project started thanks to a TexTreasures Grant that the Cooke County Library received for 2021. This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and Texas State Library and Archives Commission (Grant #LS-246193-OLS-20). (2021)
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- Charles PonziThe “Ponzi Scheme” is named after Charles Ponzi, born Carlo Pietro Giovanni Guglielmo Tebaldo Ponzi, an Italian immigrant who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1903 with $2.50… Read more “Charles Ponzi”
- The Bombing of Wall Street, 1920On September 16, 1920 a horse drawn wagon carrying a bomb of dynamite and cast iron sash weights was parked in front of the J.P. Morgan building… Read more “The Bombing of Wall Street, 1920”
- Miriam Amanda “Ma” Ferguson, Texas GovernorMiriam Amanda “Ma” Ferguson, wife of James “Pa” Ferguson, served 2 non-consecutive terms as the first female governor of Texas from 1925 to 1927 and again from… Read more “Miriam Amanda “Ma” Ferguson, Texas Governor”
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