A Century of Scandal - Chicago History Museum

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In The Teapot Dome Scandal, acclaimed author Laton McCartney tells the amazing, complex, and at times ribald story of how Big Oil handpicked Warren G. Harding, an obscure Ohio senator, to serve as our twenty-third president. Harding and his so-called oil cabinet made it possible for the oilmen to secure vast oil reserves that had been set aside for use by the U.S. Navy.

The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country [Book]

Conspiracy Theories from Chicago History, Part 1

The Field Museum in Chicago Find Natural History Exhibits

July 24, 1915 was supposed to be Chicago's social event of a lifetime, but turned into a tragedy unlike any other.More than 7,000 people living in the Chicago area and Michigan City, Indiana, eagerly anticipated Saturday morning, July 24, 1915. This particular Saturday was going to be anything but a routine summer day. Plans had been carefully made for it to be the social and entertainment event of the year, and for some, a lifetime.

The Eastland Disaster [Book]

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Science Museums Take Stock of 1.1 Billion Objects From Around the World - The New York Times

Illinois has long legacy of public corruption

1916 Lucile wedding dress (Chicago History Museum - Chicago, Illinois USA), Grand Ladies, gogm