The Story of Duffy’s Cut

...roads and canals throughout the eastern portion of the United States in the 1820s and 1830s from the Erie Canal to the New Orleans Canal.” They ended the book in saying, “The fifty-seven Irish victims at Duffy’s Cut died building something of great consequence, and trains still pass over the

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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

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Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish

...e was rehabilitated.” The school was ready by September 8th. It opened with 182 children. Hawks quickly began planning a larger combined church/school. On November 20, 1921 the ground was formally broken. “The winter was very mild and it was possible for the stone masons to lay the heavy foundations

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Higher, Faster, Stronger: The Olympics

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