When the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Co. launched the Pony Express on April 3, 1860, fanfare for…
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The word “Seminole” is derived from the Muscogean word simanó-li, or “runaway,” reflecting a common heritage, as Upper Creeks from Alabama,…
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As the United States stood on the brink of World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized the urgent need…
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As the United States stood on the brink of World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized the urgent need…
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Rounding the bend past the guard gate, I catch my breath when I spy the Greenbrier resort’s main building. The…
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On December 18, 1860, John J. Crittenden of Kentucky introduced a compromise plan to the U.S. Senate. Just two days…
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Odds are there isn’t a Civil War buff living who hasn’t seen a copy of this remarkable pencil sketch (above)…
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The motor launch tied up at the small-boat pier in Seeadler Harbor in New Guinea to disembark a dozen men…
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O n the evening of June 5, 1944, Louis Leroux, his wife, and their six children scrambled atop an embankment…
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1. Cody Family Moves to Kansas Will was born in Iowa Territory in 1846. In 1854 father Isaac moved the family…