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Detroit Catholic Central High School showcases pivotal events and important individuals who helped transform the school from modest beginnings into a leading educational institution.

Detroit Catholic Central High School (CC) opened its doors to 260 students in the fall of 1928. The school was established by the Basilian Fathers of Toronto and led by Fr. Daniel Dillon, CSB. Despite losing its first building on Harper Avenue in 1934 and facing challenges like increasing enrollment, a shortage of classroom space, the Great Depression, and World War II, the school continued to grow. Supported by influential individuals who helped establish strong traditions and a positive school culture, the school, located initially off Woodward Avenue in central Detroit, has a rich history. With its 100th anniversary in 2028, the story of Catholic Central exemplifies a deep commitment to education, faith, and community. The school’s mission of teaching “Goodness, Discipline, and Knowledge” still resonates today. 

James M. Gibbons Jr., a 1968 CC graduate and retired educator, and Michael J. Butler, Esq., a 1971 CC graduate and retired trial attorney, selected images and articles from Basilian Fathers archives, CC archives, and alumni family scrapbooks. The foreword was written by Fr. Dennis P. Noelke, CSB, also a 1971 CC graduate and retired Catholic Central principal.

Throughout its history, Arkansas has had numerous disasters, ranging from terrible urban fires to devastating river floods. Before the advent of modern weather radar, freakish tornados could drop out of dark clouds without a warning. Lives and livelihoods were taken, while lifetimes of savings invested in homes and businesses were lost in a day.

The worst fire in Arkansas history wiped out 50 square blocks of Hot Springs in 1913, while others gutted entire blocks of Little Rock. Floods 10 years apart—1927 and 1937—rank as the worst in Arkansas history, putting over one million acres underwater. The deadliest tornado ever in Arkansas struck Judsonia and White County in 1952, only barely eclipsing the death toll of Brinkley in 1909. Sheer heartbreak was evident as people stood helplessly watching the flames, gauging the rise of floodwaters, or surveying the aftermath of a terrible tornado.

Ray Hanley is one of the most published historians in Arkansas, with 22 books in print. Since 1986, he has produced a daily statewide newspaper feature, Arkansas Postcard Past, in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Utilizing historic photographs and postcards, often taken before the fires were out or the floodwaters had receded, he tells the story of the disasters that have befallen his state since the 1890s.

Founded in 1894, the Ebell of Los Angeles is one of the city’s oldest organizations with a mission to advance women’s education, cultural enrichment, and civic engagement.

Started in the parlor of a private home, the Ebell grew from a small gathering of women into a prominent cultural institution that shaped the civic landscape of Los Angeles. In 1927, the Ebell opened its iconic campus on Wilshire Boulevard, a magnificent Italian Renaissance Revival complex that includes the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. The Ebell became a vibrant center for arts, lectures, performances, and community events. Now, well into its second century, the Ebell stands as a testament to the power of women working together for the common good. At a time when women’s opportunities were limited, the Ebell welcomed women who wanted to make a difference—and it still does. The Ebell tells the story of women’s quest for community, equality, and meaningful civic participation, of women who came together, built something beautiful, and set out to change the world.

Beginning as a path created by Indigenous cultures, Mahoning Avenue or "Millionaires Row" would arguably represent Warren, Ohio, throughout the 19th century more than any other road. Settled by the city’s New Englander founders and their immediate descendants, Mahoning Avenue would be dubbed “Millionaires Row.” The Lane, Perkins, and Kinsman families; Civil War generals; and even Warren’s early football teams playing in cow pastures would all form the story of this northwest section of Warren. While New England roots held strong in the 1800s, industrial growth would lay the seeds for the homes that lined Mahoning Avenue into the 20th century. Today, Mahoning Avenue remains the most historically intact neighborhood in the city and would be recognized by any denizen of early-20th-century Warren.

Glen Eyrie is historically significant as the home of Gen. William Jackson Palmer, the founder of the city of Colorado Springs. Following a distinguished career in the Union army during the American Civil War, Palmer enjoyed continued success in the railroad industry, mapping several transcontinental routes before establishing his own prosperous line, the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. From 1871 to 1905, Palmer and his wife, Mary “Queen” Mellen Palmer, enriched and transformed their beautiful, front-range mountain estate, showcasing its renowned natural and architectural wonders. Spanning from 1871 to 1965, this volume explores the lives of the Palmer family, the estate’s subsequent owners, and Glen Eyrie’s development through many previously unpublished photographs, memoirs, and letters gathered from historic institutions across America.

Patrick Kochanasz serves as historian and archivist for The Navigators, which has owned the Glen Eyrie property since 1953. Kochanasz stewards more than 70 collections for The Navigators and Glen Eyrie. Author Tim Peckham is a retired Air Force intelligence officer, a former assistant professor of history at the US Air Force Academy, and an associate for The Navigators history department. Over the past four years, his research has focused exclusively on Glen Eyrie and the Palmer family.