To Christians he is the Savior, the path to eternal life. To Muslims, a prophet; to others, a teacher, a social reformer, and more. But who is the Jesus of History?
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Letter From Wild West – February 2014
Women, particularly mothers, did much of the taming out West and most of the civilizing that followed.
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Charlie Dye – Art of the West
The late Coloradan was home on the range and in the studio.
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Interview: Malcolm Rohrbough / Rush to Gold
During the California Gold Rush did Frenchmen really flock west in search of riches? Bien sûr, says author Malcolm Rohrbough in his book Rush to Gold: The French and the California Gold Rush, 1848-1854.
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Did the Supreme Court Ever Rule on the Legality of Secession?
Was the legality of secession ever brought before the Supreme Court? If not, why? […]
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Daily Quiz for November 26, 2013
This general, nicknamed "Draza," was minister of war in Yugoslavia’s government-in-exile through most of World War II.
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Book Review: Season of Terror, by Charles F. Price
The Espinosa trio, who took a murderous rampage through central Colorado in 1863, is the subject of Charles Price’s Season of Terror.
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Book Review: Rush to Gold, by Malcolm J. Rohrbough
In Rush to Gold author Malcolm Rohrbough focuses on the French participants in the California Gold Rush, which drew fortune seekers from around the world.
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Book Review: American Indians and the Civil War / Official National Park Service Handbook
American Indians and the Civil War accounts for the 20,000 Indian participants on both sides of that nation-splitting conflict.
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Book Review: The Outlaws, by Robert Barr Smith
Robert Barr Smith finds Outlaws both abhorrent and absorbing, at least from a literary standpoint, as his latest volume makes clear.