On This Day: July 9 — Century Dispatch

Gold in the Desert & Lights in the Sky: Las Vegas Gets Ready for the Modern Age (July 1927)

Las Vegas age (Las Vegas, Nev.)

When America's Top Cop Declared War on Rich Bootleggers (July 9, 1926)

Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)

July 1906: 165,000 workers get raises while Russian revolution erupts

Evening star (Washington, D.C.)

1896: The Populist Moment—When a Dead Man in the Desert Convinced America to Rebel

The Nebraska independent (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Inside the Cleveland White House: How One President Infuriated His Own Party (and Why It Mattered)

The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)

Congress Blames Itself (Sorta): The Custer Debate That Reveals America's Impossible Indian Policy

The sun (New York [N.Y.])

Andrew Johnson's White House Goes Silent on the Fourth of July—and Congress Notices

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

July 1865: When freed slaves said 'no thanks' to their old jobs — and their masters panicked

The New York herald (New York [N.Y.])

Rebels at the Gates: The North Holds its Breath as Early Raids Maryland (July 9, 1864)

Daily State sentinel (Indianapolis, Ind.)

A Kansas Paper at War: Songs, Accusations, and a Trickster's Coin (July 1863)

White Cloud Kansas chief (White Cloud, Kan.)

100 Years Ago: Desperate Fighting for Richmond—and One Small Maine Town's Quiet Patriotism

The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)

The Day the North Realized: It's Not a 5-Year War, It's a $320 Million Crisis (July 9, 1861)

Evening star (Washington, D.C.)

1856: How Delaware Gambled Away Its Budget—And Why the U.S. Mail Couldn't Afford to Lose

The daily union (Washington [D.C.])

Senator Benton's Vision of American Destiny: How a 1846 Senate Speech Justified Western Conquest—and Racial Hierarchy

Indiana State sentinel (Indianapolis)

1836: When a Beach Resort Cost $1.25/Night and Government Clerks Needed 80,000 Quills

Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])