This 21-year-old Iowa Indian was the only woman to accompany the 1811-12 overland expedition to the Pacific Northwest led by Wilson Price Hunt.
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Daily Quiz for October 8, 2008
He was the last presidential candidate of the Whig Party.
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Sure, War is Hell—But Just Try Writing a Love Letter
Crafting the perfect love letter can be difficult under any circumstance, but for normally stoic GIs, the muse could be especially uncooperative. Newly married William Waldeck, a machinist’s mate who served on the USS Baldwin, found this to be the case when he struggled to write an affectionate missive to his wife Mary after leaving for naval training in the spring of 1943.
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Daily Quiz for October 7, 2008
This legendary American songwriter lost a leg as the result of a horse riding accident.
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Daily Quiz for October 6, 2008
This was the per-acre purchase price for Alaska paid by the U.S. to Russia in 1867.
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Daily Quiz for October 5, 2008
The Gnadenhutten Massacre of March 8, 1782, occurred in what is now this state.
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Daily Quiz for October 4, 2008
He led the attack in the first Battle of Adobe Walls.
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Nicholas Biddle:The Civil War’s First Blood
Just days after Fort Sumter, a pro-Confederate mob in Maryland turned ex-slave Nicholas Biddle into the war’s first casualty.
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Decision 1864:Hawks vs. Doves—Sound Familiar?
The Democratic and Republican platforms are highlighted in the presidential race of 1864.
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The Grave of Nick Biddle: Ode to the Man who was the First Casualty of the Civil War
Read the poem “Grave of Nick Biddle” dedicated to the Civil War’s first blood.