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Just How Dirty Was “Dirty Dave” Rudabaugh?
A new book sets the record straight on “Billy the Kid’s Most Feared Companion.”
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How Many Civil War Soldiers Were Underage? More Than You Think
A new book offers data-driven insights on boy soldiers in the Civil War.
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Book Review: SOG Kontum / Top Secret Missions in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia 1968-1969
They sacrificed it all without recognition — until now.
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Tourist Who Graffitied the Colosseum Claims He Didn’t Know the ‘antiquity of the monument’
Last week, U.K. resident Ivan Dimitrov was filmed carving “Ivan+Hayley 23” into the centuries-old structure with his keys.
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This British Officer Developed a Revolutionary Rifle Whose Worth He Was Never Able to Prove in Battle
Major Patrick Ferguson earned his nickname for his dogged determination to remain in the American Revolutionary War and bring the upstart Patriots to heel.
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Drawing on His Wyoming Roots, This Artist Preserves the Spirit of the Old West
Utah’s Rick Kennington mixes techniques to bring alive the iconic figures and landscapes of the American West.
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You Decide! How Rommel Waged Mountain Warfare During WWI
Put yourself in Rommel’s shoes as he blazes a path through the mountains of Slovenia.
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A Brief History of the Combat Kilt
Dating back to the 18th century in Scotland, the men’s skirt known as a kilt — the version we know today — proliferated among fierce warriors known as Highlanders.
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Louisa May Alcott Wanted to Be a Nurse…Until She Realized It Required Bathing Soldiers
The famed author of Little Women had some humorous interactions treating wounded soldiers after one of the Civil War’s bloodiest battles.