Oliver Wendell Holmes referred to a speech given by this person as «our intellectual Declaration of Independence.»
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Daily Quiz for August 20, 2008
His 1947 article in Foreign Affairs, which he signed «X,» articulated the U.S. policy of containment of the Soviet Union.
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Daily Quiz for August 19, 2008
This explorer settled the question as to the direction of flow of the Niger River.
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Daily Quiz for August 18, 2008
This writer referred to «Boobus Americanus» and was cynical about democracy.
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Daily Quiz for August 17, 2008
U.S. Senators Wayne Morse of Oregon and Ernest Gruening of Alaska share this distinction.
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Daily Quiz for August 15, 2008
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was founded in New York City in 1868 by members of this profession.
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Latter-day Scoundrel Sam Brannan
From his base in Gold Rush–era San Francisco, the onetime Mormon elder and newspaperman defied Brigham Young and flaunted his reputation for wickedness.
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Art of the West – Arnie Lillo Re-creates James-Younger Gang’s Minnesota
Artist Arnie Lillo tells the story of the James-Younger Gang’s Great Northfield Minnesota Raid in a series of sheet-metal sculptures in his 13-acre, unique Jesse James Theme Park near Good Thunder, Minnesota.
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O. T. Reilly – Relic Collector and Early Antietam Tour Guide
O. T. Reilly was an early relic collector and tour guide living near the Antietam battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland. This article includes photos of many of the relics he collected.