In 1901, Cody had his Sioux performers don Chinese garb and portray the rebels.
The peaceful French countryside around La Fiere Bridge erupted into a desperate firefight on June 6, 1944.
Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde was no slouch at drawing crowds, critics and cash during his seven-week ramble of the American West in 1882.
The Wrights won.
Rifles and revolvers made by Uberti, Pietta, Pedersoli and other Italian firms remain popular.
One minute this 460-foot-long munition ship was there, then it wasn't.
While the Rev. Dr. Taylor Filmore Ealy was never destined to be a household name, his journal records a life of frontier challenges, from Oklahoma Territory to embattled Lincoln, New Mexico Terri...
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To artist Edwin Forbes, William Jackson of the 12th New York was an everyman Union soldier, a “solemn lad… toughened by campaigning.” There was much more to Jackson’s story.
Among the brothers' veteran ranch hands were such stars as Will Rogers, Tom Mix and Bill Pickett.
Did Curtiss-Wright deliberately sell defective engines to the U.S. Army during WWII?
Kentucky’s John Crittenden, Virginia’s John Robertson found common ground too late as the prospects for peace evaded in 1860-61.
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The Greenbrier is known for its luxury offerings—during the war it wasn't any different for its enemy diplomats.
The Rev. William Ruble and sons built Golden, Oregon from the ground up.
The Civil War saw many advances in devices to aid amputees.
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Cody came, saw and conquered much of Italy during his 1890 and 1906 tours.
Jean Boulet set numerous altitude records in the post-war era.
Joe Johnston and James Longstreet manipulated the truth to deflect blame for the Confederate loss.
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"Rome, Open City" even used German POWs as extras.
Showman Frank Miller rescued this former mail coach, rode it to Wild West fame and, in the wake of tragedy, donated it as a legacy for future generations.
At the outset of the Civil War, generals on both sides were not surprised by the bloodshed they witnessed.