Mingus Mountain on our top lists: # 1 34 on the list of Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Transportation, tourism, and lodging attendants (population 5,000+). # 2 38 on the list of Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: Nonmetallic mineral products (population 5,000+).
On Jan. 1, 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln declared free all slaves residing in territory in rebellion against the federal government. This Emancipation Proclamation actually freed few people. It did not apply to slaves in border states fighting on the Union side; nor did it affect slaves in southern areas already under Union control. Naturally, the states in rebellion did not act on Lincoln's order.
On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -- an event that outraged southern states. The Republican party had run on an anti-slavery platform, and many southerners felt that there was no longer a place for them in the Union.