One Saturday in the 1920s, a small boy named Robert Byrd stood at a […]
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The First: Cross-Country Road Trip
There had to be an easier way to win a $50 bet. When Dr. […]
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We’ve Been Here Before: Our Forefathers Cheered Other Revolutions From a Safe Distance
America is a nation born in revolution, and our first reaction when other people […]
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American History Today: August 2011
New Exhibit Lifts Lid on Watergate Cover-up The gift shop at the Richard Nixon […]
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Jim Nelson
The vibrant layers of Nelson’s paintings conceal Indian symbols of spiritual significance
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Interview: Tom Clavin / Dodge City, a Wicked Town
Tom Clavin profiles Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp and others with ties to the iconic Kansas cow town Dodge City.
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Requiem for a Cowboy Poet
Badger Clark spent time in a Cuban jail and on an Arizona Territory ranch before becoming the ‘poet lariat’ of South Dakota
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Blameless Chief Big Foot
Whether we call Wounded Knee a battle, a massacre or a mixture of both, Minneconjou Lakota Chief Big Foot himself was not to blame
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Solving the Problem of ‘Fog Flying’
How private philanthropy, inventive engineers and a courageous pilot put the “I” in IFR. […]
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Books in Brief | Vietnam Warrior Voices
Vietnam Warrior Voices: Caputo, Del Vecchio, Butler, O’Brien, Mark H. Massé, 2017 Exploring post-traumatic […]