During an expedition in June 1867, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer received orders to […]
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Test of Cowboy Skills Led to Today’s Rodeo
Bucking broncs mean big bucks. In the American West, cowboys exhibited particularly enterprising spirit. […]
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Curley With Custer, But Not to the End
Crow scout left before the fighting. The image has been fossilized on film since […]
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Jack Crabtree Soured On Annie and Baby
Mother then abandoned Carlotta. The Reno Evening Gazette of February 21, 1925, ran a […]
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Lawman Neagle Ably Defended a Judge
Tough lawyer Terry met his match. Dave Neagle was just a little fellow, about […]
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A Jesse James Author on Why the ‘Wild West’ Should Be Renamed the ‘Wild Midwest’
Author John Koblas explains his fascination with this enduring outlaw figure from the Wild West.
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Daily Quiz for October 3, 2018
In 1987 this song became the official national march of the United States.
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The Gotha Bomber and the Origins of Strategic Bombing
It carried out the first blitz–and prepared England for the next one
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The Christmas Truce
For a brief and poignant moment in December 1914, war itself took a holiday
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‘Forged In Fire’: Like tempered steel, the 7th Rhode Island emerged stronger and tougher from the Fredericksburg inferno
Like tempered steel, the 7th Rhode Island emerged stronger and tougher from the Fredericksburg inferno.