Pineville, a historic refuge
Part 26: The Horror of Reconstruction
By Warner M.Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com
      Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. U.S. Grant at Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865, and the Confederate States of America ceased to exist, and so did slavery and the economic system it supported.
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The Amazing Eurasian Odyssey
as told by characters Matthew Garrick and Stephen Williams Part 11: The Russian Federation, Part 1
      In the late afternoon, we stopped near the Chinese border to change the train's wheels. Mongolian and Russian trains run on a wider- sized track than China's, so the cars are rolled into a warehouse where the chassis is lifted off the narrower wheel sets and then lowered onto the wider ones. This takes about four hours, so it gave us our last chance to walk around China.
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