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The Astor Place Riot: A Little Known Event in American History
A one-sided rivalry between the American Irish actor, Edwin Forrest, and a British actor, Willaim Charles Macready, blows up into a huge riot involving almost a thousand people, with an estimate of 22 people killed in the process. This essay delves…
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Rugged Saipan coastline presents one spectacular view after another. Here – Bird Island
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Japanese war memorial is a small shrine near Chalan Kanoa’s Catholic Church. It is a monument to the Japanese who lost their lives battling for the island. Saipan and Japan have good and profitable relations now
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The visitor’s first view of Saipan, just as on Guam, is of a functional but unimpressive airport
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Trust Territory plane makes 3 trips every week ot [to] Saipan and back to Guam. – (Guam Times Weekly)
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A map of Saipan: published by the Literature Production Center, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, January 1st, 1963; includes a legend
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“Main Street” of Chalan Kanoa. Building set at an angle in distance (with flagpole) is headquarters for the municipal government. Saipan and the northern Marianas are included in Saipan Municipality. Saipan is also headquarters for the Mariana…
Saipan: A Short Journey to Another World
An article from the Guam Times Weekly staff that discusses Saipan. A brief history is given of the island: how geographically Guam and Saipan are similar, only being 120 miles apart; having been discovered by Spanish in 1521 and 1526 respectively;…
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I Ekonomia Guam Gi Tiempon Amerikanu
An expository essay written in Chamoru about Guam's economy under different colonial administrations.