Oklahoma

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Oklahoma:  November 16, 1907
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickasaw_National_Recreation_Area
Chickasaw Natinal Recreation Area

Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah

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Idaho:  July 3, 1890
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assay_Office_(Boise,_Idaho)
Assay Office

Wyoming:  July 10, 1890
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Faithful_Inn
Old Faithful Inn

Utah:  January 4, 1896

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Cave

Danger Cave

South Dakota, Montana, and Washington

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South Dakota:  November 2, 1889
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_Butte
Bear Butte

Montana:  November 8, 1889
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternity_Hall
Fraternity Hall

Washington:  November 11, 1889
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventuress_(schooner)
Adventuress

Nebraska, Colorado, and North Dakota

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Nebraska:  March 1, 1867
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Blacksmith_Shop
Cook Blacksmith Shop

Colorado:  August 1, 1876
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_School_(Boulder,_Colorado)
Highland School

North Dakota:  November 2, 1889
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Totten_State_Historic_Site
Fort Totten State Historic Site

Kansas, West Virginia, and Nevada

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Kansas: January 29, 1861
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase_County_Courthouse_(Cottonwood_Falls,_Kansas)
Chase County Courthouse

West Virginia:  June 20, 1863

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_Independence_Hall

West Virginia Independence Hall

Nevada:  October 31, 1864

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Churchill_State_Historic_Park

Fort Churchill State Historic Park

California, Minnesota, and Oregon

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California:  September 9, 1850
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Juan_Capistrano
Mission San Juan Capistrano

Minnesota:  May 11, 1858
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald_House
F. Scott Fitzgerald House

Oregon:  February 14, 1859
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deady_and_Villard_Halls,_University_of_Oregon
Deady and Villard Halls, University of Oregon

Texas, Iowa, and Wisconsin

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Texas:  December 29, 1845
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_Mission_in_San_Antonio
The Alamo

Iowa:  December 28, 1846
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_Dubuque%27s_Mines

Julien Dubuque Mines

Wisconsin:  May 29, 1848
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_World_Museum
Circus World Museum

Arkansas, Michigan, and Florida

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Arkansas:  June 15, 1836
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Smith_National_Historic_Site
Fort Smith

Michigan:  January 26, 1837
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Hotel_(Mackinac_Island)
Grand Hotel

Florida:  March 3, 1845
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_Basilica_of_St._Augustine
Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine

The History of Screenprinting

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The History Of Screen Printing

Donald Arson

The History Of Screen Printing

Today, screen printing is a popular tool used by companies for anything from promotional mugs to movie posters to graphic t-shirts, but its history is as rich as the pallet of colors used by modern screen printers. The inception of screen printing dates back thousands for years.

By cutting shapes into banana leaves and pressing dye into the cut-out portions, early Polynesian Island natives were able to produce some of the first screen prints. This process transferred the stenciled design onto a bark cloth. This is the basic premise of screen printing – forcing dye through a stencil to create a design. Early forms of stenciling (using blowpipes to apply the colorant) were also found in the caves of Lascaux in France and Altamira in Spain.
At the time of the Sung Dynasty (A.D. 960 -1280), the Japanese were using stencils to produce intricate designs. In order to keep smaller, loose pieces of a stencil in place, Japanese printers used human hair as a “tie.” Human hair was strong enough to secure the free parts and thin enough to allow ink to pass around them and onto the desired medium.

In the middle ages, similar stenciling was used for mass production, such as the production of the Hoyle playing card.

In the 1700s, western culture caught onto screen printing. In England, screen printing was used for wall designs, like wall paper in upper-class homes. At first, Englanders were using “ties,” but intricate designs necessitated a change. Silk replaced human hair, which allowed for more intricate and uniform prints. This is also where the name silk screen printing derived, although silk is rarely used anymore; man-made plastics or metal are the preferred materials for modern screen printers.

In 1907, Samuel Simon of Manchester, England patented the first industrial screen printing process. His process paved the way for modern screen printers, which used woven silk instead of “ties” to hold the stencil in place. Detailed designs were glued to the mesh fabric.

In 1914, San Franciscan John Pilsworth, patented a multicolor screen printing process.

During World War I, from 1914-1918, screen printing was used extensively for recruiting, such as the ubiquitous “Uncle Sam wants you,” posters. Screen printing was ideal for high-quality, high-volume signage. Screen printing remains a staple in promotions and advertising.

In the 1920s, screen printing was used by a number of graphic artists of the Art Deco and Art Nouveau movements. They referred to the process as serigraphy.

In the UK in the late 40s and early 50s, Francis and Dorothy Carr are sometimes attributed as the first artists to use screen printing as a fine art in its own right. In the 1960s, Pop Art was popularized by the likes of Andy Warhol, Rauschenberg and Hamilton, which furthered the movement of screen printing as an art form.

Graphic (and art) screen printing is still widely used in mass media but also in an underground do-it-yourself screen printing subculture. This is due to its low cost and ability to print on a variety of media.

Some say, however, that screen printing is a dying art, soon to be replaced with other forms of image transfer, such as modern industrial printers. I guess, we shall squeegee.

Alabama, Maine, and Missouri

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Alabama:  December 14, 1819
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moundville_Archaeological_Site
Moundville Archaeological Site

Maine:  March 15, 1820
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Observatory
Portland Observatory

Missouri:  August 10, 1821

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Church_Cathedral_(St._Louis,_Missouri)

Christ Church Cathedral

Indiana, Mississippi, and Illinois

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Indiana:  December 11, 1816
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_Home
Benjamin Harrison Home

Mississippi:  December 10, 1817
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_(Natchez,_Mississippi)
Arlington

Illinois:  December 3, 1818
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_de_Chartres
Fort de Chartres

Tennessee, Ohio, and Louisiana

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Tennessee:  June 1, 1796

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore_Shoals

Sycamore Shoals

Ohio:  March 1, 1803

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Meigs

Fort Meigs

Lousiana:  April 30, 1812

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Square,_New_Orleans

Jackson Square

Rhode Island, Vermont, and Kentucky

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Rhode Island:  May 29, 1790
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_Island_Southeast_Light
Block Island Southeast Light

Vermont:  March 4, 1791
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naulakha_(Rudyard_Kipling_House)
Rudyard Kipling House

Kentucky:  June 1, 1792
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Carter_Beard_Boyhood_Home
The Daniel Carter Beard Boyhood Home

Virginia, New York, and North Carolina

Starting in Virginia where Patrick Henry made his famous "Give me liberty, or give me death!"speech, to New York where one of our favorite American Halloween tales were born, then all the way back down North Carolina  we explore the history of three more American States on the count-down to the celebration of the birth of a nation!


Virginia:  June 25, 1788
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Richmond,_Virginia
St. John's Episcopal Church

New York:  July 26, 1788
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepy_Hollow_Cemetery
The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

North Carolina:  November 21, 1789
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethabara_Historic_District
The Bethabara Historic District

Where will we explore tomorrow?  Those that know their history already have their sights set on our next three locations!  Those that are still learning?  Stay tuned!

Maryland, South Carolina, and New Hampshire

Day three on the countdown to the anniversary of America's birth features a state that is almost like a second home to those of us on the border!  Our own South Carolina celebrated it's statehood almost on the shirt tales of Georgia!  Only one state separated her:

Maryland:  April 28, 1788
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Barton_National_Historic_Site
The Clara Barton House

South Carolina:  May 23, 1788
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middleton_Place
Middleton Place

New Hampshire:  June 21, 1788

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Frost_Farm_(Derry,_New_Hampshire)

The Robert Frost Farm

Georgia, Connecticut, and Massachusetts

The land of the free, and home of the brave will be celebrating her 236th birthday this year on July 4th! 

Today we'll explore three more states in our countdown to the date of our independence, complete with the date of statehood and a must see location.  You'll need to add these to your bucket list, folks!  There's much to see all across our country.

Heading the list is our very own state of Georgia:  January 2, 1788
http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/nancyharts.html

Comprised of several "places" is one piece of American history that may come as a surprise to some.  Visit the link above to learn about Georgia's own Nancy Harts.

Connecticut:  January 9, 1788

http://www.noahwebsterhouse.org/

The Noah Webster House

Massachusetts:  February 6, 1788
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hancock-Clarke_House
The Hancock-Clarke House

Stay tuned between now and the July 4th and help Team Pipeline celebrate the history of America!

Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey

This Independence Day on July the 4th will mark the United States' 236th year! 

A lot of history has been made in that span of years, leaving behind the remnants of military forts, historic homes, peaceful cemetaries, lonesome battlefields, the unsolved and the unknown.

Pipeline would like to take this opportunity to reflect on the history that this great nation has to offer, and encourage everyone else to do the same!

Each week day between now and July the 4th we will give three states in order of their statehood, the DATE of their statehood, and a "must see" location that can be found in each of those states!

Heading the list:

Delaware:  December 7, 1787

http://history.delaware.gov/museums/jdp/aboutjd.shtml

The John Dickinson Plantation

Pennsylvania:  December 12, 1787

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Pennsylvania

Independence National Historical Park

New Jersey:  December 18, 1787

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/washcros.html

Washington's Crossing



WE wish YOU a very happy countdown to AMERICA'S BIRTHDAY!