Jesse Benton, a businessman and a lawman in the late 19th century, impressively managed to not get hit in 21 shooting scrapes.
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Daily Quiz for February 19, 2018
A state line runs through the combined courthouse and post office located at zip codes 75504 and 71854 in a town incorporated in the late 1800’s and shared by these two states.
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Daily Quiz for February 18, 2018
Built in the 1940’s this company town features such streets as Any Way, This Way, and That Way.
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Curtiss-Wright XP-55: Strange-Looking but Ahead of Its Time
An Ascender prototype made its way to Kalamazoo, Michigan, where it’s one of the rarest and most unusual aircraft in the world.
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Daily Quiz for February 17, 2018
As he fought for freedom, he brought along his personal slave/valet, William Lee.
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ACW Review: The Littlest Rebel
The Littlest Rebel (1935) Directed by David Butler The importance of this contrived bit […]
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ACW Book Review: General Sherman’s Christmas Present
General Sherman’s Christmas Present: Savannah 1864 by Stanley Weintraub, Smithsonian Books/Harper Collins, 2009, $24.99 […]
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ACW Book Review: Pathway to Hell
Pathway to Hell: A Tragedy of the American Civil War by Dennis W. Brandt, […]
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ACW Book Review: The First Vermont Cavalry
The First Vermont Cavalry in the Civil War: A History by Joseph D. Collea […]
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ACW Book Review: Seen the Glory
Seen the Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Gettysburg by John Hough Jr., […]