Visitors to Philadelphia’s Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 saw evidence of growth and prosperity […]
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Squaring Custer’s Triangle
The love between George and Libbie Custer is the stuff of legend on the Plains, but so is the romance between George and a captivating Cheyenne woman named Monahsetah.
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Bear Butte, Sacred to Cheyennes and Lakotas, Looms Near the Black Hills
Humans have gathered at the formation for four millennia.
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Wild West Book Review: Where a Hundred Soldiers Were Killed
Where a Hundred Soldiers Were Killed: The Struggle for the Powder River Country in […]
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Wild and Woolly War of Words
A Western writer wages a one-man battle to choose the best frontier quote. Among […]
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Two Strong Lakota Leaders Shared the Name ‘He Dog’
Historians have long confused their biographies. He Dog was an Oglala Sioux leader. He […]
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Some Low-Paid Frontier Soldiers Proved Particularly Enterprising
They found various ways to augment their salaries. On his last trip to Washington, […]
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Book Review: Ernest Haycox and the Western
Richard Etulain profiles Ernest Haycox, best known for his 1937 short story “Stage to Lordsburg” (adapted into the John Ford classic Western “Stagecoach”).
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Mr. Gatling’s Game-Changing Gun
Conceived as a peacemaker, the inventor’s weapon ushered in an era of mechanized killing. […]
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Mexico’s Napoléon: Who Was Santa Anna, the General Who Defeated the Texians at the Alamo?
Like the French emperor, Santa Anna lived a life of fame and glory that ended in exile.