Start the paper by briefly discussing the foundations of the local area before 1865 and then examine the area immediately after the Civil War. The main focus of the paper should be the period after 1865. Discuss what people did for a living; what their religious beliefs were; investigate the type of dwelling they lived in, and the parent-child and husband-wife relationships. Be sure to discuss the ethnicity and race of the local people. Why did the settlement mushroom into a major town? Then discuss how the area was affected by major historical events such as industrialization, Immigration, World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Sixties and globalization
