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.
Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865) Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln.