The peaceful French countryside around La Fiere Bridge erupted into a desperate firefight on June 6, 1944.
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Oscar Wilde Bothered and Bewildered Westerners While Touring to Promote Gilbert and Sullivan
Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde was no slouch at drawing crowds, critics and cash during his seven-week ramble of the American West in 1882.
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This Frenchman Tried to Best the Wright Brothers on Their Home Turf
The Wrights won.
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Buffalo Bill’s Tours of Italy and the ‘Spaghetti Western’ Inspired Replica Old West Firearms
Rifles and revolvers made by Uberti, Pietta, Pedersoli and other Italian firms remain popular.
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The Explosion of Mount Hood
One minute this 460-foot-long munition ship was there, then it wasn’t.
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This Quiet Missionary Survived the Lincoln County War to Live Among the Zunis
While the Rev. Dr. Taylor Filmore Ealy was never destined to be a household name, his journal records a life of frontier challenges, from Oklahoma Territory to embattled Lincoln, New Mexico Territory.
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The Poignant Tale Behind a Celebrated Civil War Sketch
To artist Edwin Forbes, William Jackson of the 12th New York was an everyman Union soldier, a “solemn lad… toughened by campaigning.” There was much more to Jackson’s story.
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The Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West Didn’t Have Buffalo Bill’s Reach, But Its Performers Took Hollywood by Storm
Among the brothers’ veteran ranch hands were such stars as Will Rogers, Tom Mix and Bill Pickett.
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The Scandal that Led to Harry S. Truman Becoming President and Marilyn Monroe Getting Married
Did Curtiss-Wright deliberately sell defective engines to the U.S. Army during WWII?
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For Southern Antagonists in the Civil War, a Kindred Desire for Peace Goes Awry
Kentucky’s John Crittenden, Virginia’s John Robertson found common ground too late as the prospects for peace evaded in 1860-61.