Historical perspectives: DuPont family packs a punch as owners of dynamite, powder mills
DuPont family packs a punch as owners of dynamite, powder mills
| Description: |
This article describes the life of Alfred I. DuPont, owner of the Laflin and Rand Powder Company which included the gunpowder mill at Fontanet which exploded in 1907. The article also announces a talk about the U.S. Civil War by local author Larry Ligget. |
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| Origin: | 2012 |
| Created By: |
McCormick, Mike |
| Publisher: |
Terre Haute Tribune Star |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/vcpl/id/10357 |
| Collection: |
Vigo County Public Library |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
Copyright Undetermined |
| Subjects: |
Fontanet (Ind.) United States -- History -- Civil War -- 1861-1865 Disasters Civil War -- Book |
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