While her husband struggled to find gold, Martha Maxwell discovered riches in Rocky Mountain […]
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Idaho Bill: No Jail Could Hold Him
A rather inefficient outlaw, except when it came to escaping, Bill also claimed to […]
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Major Marcus Reno: Misrepresented ‘Monster’
The major is often badmouthed as the villain of the Little Bighorn, but eyewitnesses […]
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Hardworking John Mullan Built the First Federally Funded Road out West
The Mullan Road stimulated growth in the Northwest. John Mullan reached the Big Side-cut, […]
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Ute Chief Walker—or Walkara— Traded in Both Horses and Slaves
Capturing Paiutes and Goshutes was profitable business. Ute Chief Walkara,better known as Chief Walker, […]
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When the Medal of Honor Recipient Shot the Medal of Honor Recipient
A double-barreled shotgun featured in the tragedy. In the nearly 150 years since Congress […]
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Edward Frodsham Lived a Short, Violent Life—for a Watchmaker
Some predicted this ‘incarnate devil’ would one day stretch hemp. When not engaged in […]
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Valor | The Fighting Parson
The Rev. James Adams is the only clergyman and the last of just five […]
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“Relax—It’s Only a Maneuver”
The first army-versus-army maneuvers in American history, “fought” in the fall of 1941, were an elaborate game—but they helped prepare American forces for World War II
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Daily Quiz for October 13, 2017
This Star Trek: The Original Series episode was banned on German TV for 43 years.