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Painting of authorities on horseback transporting two suspects
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Three Suspects Eventually Paid for This Senseless, Savage Murder Along the Snake River

by Kevin Carson6/16/20235/31/2023

In July 1882 two men entered a cabin on Washington Territory’s Snake River and brutally killed shipping station agent Eli Cummins.

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by Jon Simkins6/15/20236/15/2023

Fort Johnson, one of nine Army installations to receive a new moniker under the policy, was selected to honor New York National Guard Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black World War I soldier.

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This Civil War Weapon Changed the Face of Warfare

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Christopher Spencer’s seven-shot breechloaders revolutionized the battlefield.

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