CURSES! TOGETHER AGAIN! The United States was back, but not everyone was happy about […]
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Civil War Times: December 2000 Editorial
NATURAL CAUSES Nothing gives you an appreciation for the modern world like a good […]
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National Battlefield Tower at Gettysburg
Editorial on the demise of National Battlefield Tower at Gettysburg.
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The Great Escape: Billy the Kid’s Last Stand
In Western frontier history, you might call it the “Great Escape.” After all, Davy […]
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Jim Thorpe and the old Jail Museum – Sidebar: April ’00 American History
A visitor to the town of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, in 1876 looked in amazement […]
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REVIVING A RIVER – Sidebar: April ’00 American History
Reviving a River Among John Wesley Powell’s innovative conservation concepts was the management of […]
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A War in Letters
The correspondence home from two men–an American Marine and a Japanese general–reveals how their destinies converged on a tiny Pacific island called Iwo Jima.
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The Inventor of the Air Conditioner: The Man Who Cooled America
Every time you crank up your A/C on a hot summer day, you have this man to thank.
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“Give the Book to Clemens”
Struggling businessmen and unlikely friends, Ulysses S. Grant and Samuel Langhorne Clemens joined forces to write the final chapter in Grant’s life.
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The Raid on Eastham
Clyde Barrow knew Eastham prison farm well, and considered it to be a “hell hole.” With some of his partners in crime, including Bonnie Parker, the ex-convict hatched a plan to gain a measure of revenge against the hated facility.