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The Eye That Never Slept: How Pinkerton Agency Turned Surveillance Into a Brand

Discover the history of the Pinkerton Agency logo, the famous “We Never Sleep” motto, and how America’s first private detective agency helped shape private surveillance, labor conflict and corporate power.

Ancient Power in Illinois Part 1: Monks Mound, the Piasa Bird & the Mississippi

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Long before St. Louis became the city of the Arch, long before Illinois became Illinois, and long before the Mississippi River was mapped as a border between states, there was Cahokia. The mystery is not whether this region mattered. The mystery is how much we still don’t know.

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