You Might Be Surprised to Learn What This Resort Hotel Did During World War II
Rounding the bend past the guard gate, I catch my breath when I spy the Greenbrier resort’s main building. The Georgian-style structure, wedding-cake white and
This Mining Boomtown Was Unique for What It Did Not Have — Namely Saloons, Dance Halls or Brothels
By the early 1850s gold fever had spread across the American West. Southwestern Oregon Territory was no exception, as placer miners had descended on Coyote
The Novel ‘Knork’ Helped Civil War Amputees Eat
By the end of the Civil War, it is estimated that surgeons on both sides had conducted roughly 60,000 amputations. With the increased number of
Buffalo Bill Delighted Italian Fans by Bringing His Wild West Across the Ocean Blue at the Turn of the Century
To this day virtually everyone in the United States has heard of William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody. Even those not expert or passionate about the
This Helicopter Test Pilot Pushed the Limits for Rotorcraft — Without Killing Himself
Jean Boulet’s first helicopter flight was almost his last. It was September 21, 1947, and the 26-year-old Boulet was at the Camden, New Jersey, headquarters
There’s More to the Story Behind Seven Pines
“No action of the civil war has been so little understood as that of Seven Pines,” Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston would write in his
Whether or Not This Stagecoach Was Used by Buffalo Bill, It Has a Storied History
Center stage in a northern Colorado museum is an unmistakable symbol of the West. Faint lettering on the driver’s box of the historic stagecoach reads
Filmed During WWII, This Italian War Film Started Its Own Cinematic Genre
Once Italy surrendered to the Allies in September 1943, the Germans moved into the vacuum. Rome was declared an “open city” by the Italian government,
Civil War Generals Never Forgot the Blood and Lost Friends in the US Showdown with Mexico
In September 1861, while stationed in Paducah, Ky., Private John H. Page of the 1st Illinois Light Artillery received notice that he had been promoted
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 America’s frontier era with precision. “We historical artists march to