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Japan’s Floatplane Dive Bomber
Built with more than fleet reconnaissance in mind, the Aichi E16A1 floatplane came equipped with dive brakes.
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The Battle of Cieneguilla: Dragoons vs. Jicarilla Apaches
On the road between Taos and Santa Fe in New Mexico Territory, dragoons found […]
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The Tigers of the Southwest
From early childhood, Apaches we were raised in a warrior culture that produced the […]
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Freedom By Hatchet: An African–American sailor used a sharp blade to turn the tables on his Rebel captors
Steward William Tillman waited more than a week to take back his freedom after Confederate privateers had captured and boarded the schooner S.J. Waring.
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Wild West Review: Comanche Moon
Comanche Moon DVD released in Feb. 2008, Sony Pictures, 284 minutes, $29.95. Val Kilmer […]
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Colorado’s Pikes Peak Heritage Center Takes more than a peek at Cripple Creek
The Bowl of Gold still not empty. Cripple Creek, Colorado, has been labeled the […]
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American Schemers: Aimee Semple McPherson
Flamboyant preacher ruled the stage, and the airwaves
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Wild West Power Couple: John and Jessie Frémont
Witnesses and participants in the defining moments of 19th-century American expansionism, John and Jessie […]
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Physicians’ Promises of a Cure for Tuberculosis Lured Many People West
Colorado was said to be a high and dry spot for consumptives. In her […]