To the disbelief of gaping onlookers in the packed stands at El Toreo, Mexico City’s largest bullring, American rodeo performer…
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The Curtiss-Wright Corporation came into being in 1929 through the merger of companies started by pioneering aviators Glenn Curtiss and…
Read More »To this day virtually everyone in the United States has heard of William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody. Even those not…
Read More »Jean Boulet’s first helicopter flight was almost his last. It was September 21, 1947, and the 26-year-old Boulet was at…
Read More »In September 1861, while stationed in Paducah, Ky., Private John H. Page of the 1st Illinois Light Artillery received notice…
Read More »A historian with a brush and a palette, David Wright considers it his mission to depict America’s frontier era with precision.…
Read More »If Hollywood ever gets around to making a movie about “Scrappy” Blumer, the plot won’t need any embellishment. In fact,…
Read More »Each year since 1961 Western Writers of America has bestowed on a respected individual its Owen Wister Award for lifetime…
Read More »“I never imagined I was going to be doing this when we launched,” said Captain Earl Ehrhart of U.S. Marine…
Read More »So you’ve had a “fender bender” in your plane and are in need of some wings. What do you do? …
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