Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell made the first known passage down the Colorado through the canyon in 1869.
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Did The Chinese Really Conquer As Much As They Said?
Did The Chinese Really Conquer As Much As They Said?
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Daily Quiz for August 9, 2016
The first bridge across the Mississippi River was built here.
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Fire For Effect: Down, Not Out
A WISE MAN ONCE REMINDED US THAT “we see through a glass, darkly.” Part of […]
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Daily Quiz for August 8, 2016
The Man Without a Country by Edward Everett Hale was published first in this magazine.
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Audio: Horrified By Drone Warfare, Military Clergyman Posts Public Resignation
Rev Chris Antal says he quit the army after witnessing practices and policies regarding the use of drones in warfare that went against his personal beliefs.
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Interview: Simon Goodman / WWII Author, Historian
Simon Goodman grew up British and Anglican in 1950s London, the second son of […]
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Daily Quiz for August 7, 2016
Grace Darling of England was awarded fifty pounds of silver by Queen Victoria as a reward for this achievement.
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Book Review: Salt, Sea, and Courage: The Mathews County Merchant Marines
A small town makes a great sacrafice…
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Drafting Women?
Late in the war President Roosevelt opened a new front—and met surprisingly little resistance…