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3 dated records on file

On April 21st

1836 to 1917 — what the record says happened on this date, in the order the years gave it to us.

  1. 1836history
    San Jacinto Battleground

    The April 21, 1836 battle is documented. The site's documented military history is the record the rest of the file stands on. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The detail is preserved in 'San Jacinto'. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest. The file stays open on it.

    La Porte, Texas
  2. 1917history
    Treadwell Mining Complex

    The April 1917 collapse flooded the Treadwell workings with seawater, ending operations; the ruins remain. The record dates it to 1917-04-21. Treadwell Mining Complex's documented past — geological and human — is the verified layer beneath the legends. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'Treadwell gold mine'. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds th

    Douglas, Alaska
  3. 1917event
    Treadwell Mining Complex

    On April 21, 1917, the sea broke through into the Treadwell mine's workings — the greatest gold complex of its era, which had tunneled beneath Gastineau Channel itself — and the flooded mine never reopened. The ruins, slowly consumed by saltwater and forest, now form a heritage trail where building shells stand above drowned shafts.

    Douglas, Alaska