This was the first sporting event broadcast in color.
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Dennis Hogan – Art of the West
Santa Fe silversmith Dennis Hogan crafts modern jewelry using classic 19th-century techniques.
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‘Fight No More Forever’ Sounds Good
Certain Indian leaders, chief among them Joseph of the Nez Perce, were eloquent speakers, though their actual words were sometimes lost in translation.
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Fort Dilts and Fanny Kelly’s Bid for Freedom
Sioux raiders bottled up emigrants behind primitive earthworks on the Dakota plains, then forced a captive white woman to communicate their demands—she added a plea of her own
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Book Review: Frontier Cavalry Trooper, Edited by Douglas C. McChristian
U.S. Army Private Eddie Matthews’ preserved letters, edited by former National Park Service historian Doug McChristian, offer both a glimpse into frontier life for a 19th-century soldier and a perspective on the era of westward expansion.
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Book Review: I Fought a Good Fight, by Sherry Robinson
Overlooked in many histories of the many 19th-century Apache bands, the Lipans get their due in this book by Sherry Robinson.
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Book Review: The Heart of Everything That Is, by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
Though Red Cloud’s life is far from an “untold” story, Bob Drury and Tom Clavin offer fresh insights into the Lakota’s chief’s legendary exploits in this new biography.
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Book Review: Glorious Misadventures / Nikolai Rezanov and the Dream of a Russian America
Owen Matthews recounts the empire-building efforts of ambitious if largely forgotten Russian explorer Nikolai Rezanov.
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Book Review: Billy the Kid on Film 1911–2012, by Johnny D. Boggs
Johnny Boggs breaks down the 75 big-screen films centered on Billy the Kid, arguably not a great one in the bunch … yet.
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Friends of the National WWII Memorial Record Vets’ Stories
Since June 2012 student volunteers have videotaped the stories of nearly 600 veterans who visited the National World War II Memorial in Washington, DC.