From southwest Minnesota quarries Indians have long extracted the sacred stone for their ceremonial pipe bowls
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Texas State Historian Bill O’Neal
The Lone Star State historian holds forth on everything from Sam Houston to frontier forts
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Travis Erickson
Dakota Sioux pipe maker Travis Erickson quarries and shapes sacred red stone from southwestern Minnesota’s Pipestone National Monument
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All Things Vicksburg
The Union’s eight-month struggle to conquer Vicksburg, Miss., culminated in a 47-day siege that […]
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Interview: Louis Valiante / WWII P-61 Black Widow Crewman
Tell me about your early years. “I was born in June 11, 1922. We […]
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Book Review: Soap Suds Row
Jennifer Lawrence weaves a decidedly offbeat history of the unsung U.S. Army laundresses who labored at Western frontier posts through much of the 19th century
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Where the Pronghorns Play
Their size, form and speed call to mind the antelopes of Africa, but the pronghorns of the Great Plains have the run of their own family
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Book Review: Wyatt Earp’s Cow-boy Campaign / The Bloody Restoration of Law and Order Along the Mexican Border, 1882
Chuck Hornung bases his book about Wyatt Earp and the vendetta against the Arizona “Cow-boys” on a discovered letter from New Mexico Territorial Governor Miguel Otero — which (if genuine) clears up many questions.
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Book Review: Sam Houston
Texas state historian Bill O’Neal assesses the leadership qualities of storied Sam Houston—U.S. congressman and senator, governor of Tennessee and Texas, and two-time president of the Republic of Texas
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Book Review: Whiskey River Ranger / The Old West Life of Baz Outlaw
Bob Alexander’s latest Texas Ranger biography centers on Baz Outlaw, who when sober was a top lawman, but when “in his cups,” well…