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)…
Read More »As the United States stood on the brink of World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized the urgent need…
Read More »The Rev. Dr. Taylor Filmore Ealy faced many struggles, most not of his own making, while a Presbyterian medical missionary…
Read More »Virtually every Old West aficionado is familiar with Buffalo Bill Cody’s popular Wild West shows, which traveled the United States…
Read More »O n the evening of June 5, 1944, Louis Leroux, his wife, and their six children scrambled atop an embankment…
Read More »Norman Crockatt is not a well-known name, but the British intelligence officer was responsible for one of the most controversial…
Read More »“The First World War saw the first widespread use of propaganda to stir patriotic fervour,” note Gill Saunders and Margaret…
Read More »1. Cody Family Moves to Kansas Will was born in Iowa Territory in 1846. In 1854 father Isaac moved the family…
Read More »When the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Co. launched the Pony Express on April 3, 1860, fanfare for…
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