To this day virtually everyone in the United States has heard of William Frederick “Buffalo…
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Jean Boulet’s first helicopter flight was almost his last. It was September 21, 1947, and…
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In September 1861, while stationed in Paducah, Ky., Private John H. Page of the 1st…
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To Depict the Frontier Era with Authenticity, This Artist Walks in the Footsteps of Mountain Men
A historian with a brush and a palette, David Wright considers it his mission to depict…
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If Hollywood ever gets around to making a movie about “Scrappy” Blumer, the plot won’t…
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Each year since 1961 Western Writers of America has bestowed on a respected individual its…
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In its June 8, 1953, issue, Life magazine included a full-page spread with four blurry…
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So you’ve had a “fender bender” in your plane and are in need of some…
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In Patriotic Melodies in the Civil War North, “Freedom” Wasn’t Necessarily a Cry for African-American Emancipation
Anyone who explores Civil War–era history should pay close attention to how people at the…
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On March 30, 1972, the aging revolutionaries in Hanoi’s Politburo abandoned the strategy of protracted…