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The Grumman F8F Bearcat: An Engine With a Saddle
What the bantamweight Bearcat lacked in finesse it made up for with brute strength.
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All in the Game
Despite the failure of his 1924 around-the-world attempt, Archibald MacLaren remained optimistic that such […]
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The F-108: Valkyrie’s Little Brother
Soaring development costs and evolving air defense requirements killed North American’s innovative F-108 Rapier before it got off the ground.
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The Man Who Beat Jesse James in Court — and Took His Favorite Horse
Frontier lawyer Henry Clay McDougal took on the fearsome outlaw in court — and never backed down, including when it came to getting a client James’ racehorse, Kate.
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Wild West Book Review: Shooting Stars of the Small Screen
Shooting Stars of the Small Screen: Encyclopedia of TV Western Actors, 1946– Present by […]
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Jack Watkins, the Laramie Terror
His early days are little known and his later life largely a blank. But […]
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Jack Slade: Western Jekyll and Hyde
A steadfast manager of the Central Overland stagecoach line and the Pony Express, the […]
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What Started as a Rival Tong Battle Ended with a Chinese Massacre
Tragedy struck in Los Angeles’ Chinese quarter. On October 24, 1871, Robert Thompson, a […]
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Working on the Railroad the Chinese Way
Hired out of the Central Pacific’s desperation for reliable laborers, Chinese men cut and blasted their way across the Sierras with much courage and endurance and little complaint.