You Might Be Surprised to Learn What This Resort Hotel Did During World War II
[ad_1] 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
This Mining Boomtown Was Unique for What It Did Not Have — Namely Saloons, Dance Halls or Brothels
[ad_1] By the early 1850s gold fever had spread across the American West. Southwestern Oregon Territory was no exception, as placer miners had descended on
The Novel ‘Knork’ Helped Civil War Amputees Eat
[ad_1] 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
Buffalo Bill Delighted Italian Fans by Bringing His Wild West Across the Ocean Blue at the Turn of the Century
[ad_1] To this day virtually everyone in the United States has heard of William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody. Even those not expert or passionate about
This Helicopter Test Pilot Pushed the Limits for Rotorcraft — Without Killing Himself
[ad_1] 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,
There’s More to the Story Behind Seven Pines
[ad_1] “No action of the civil war has been so little understood as that of Seven Pines,” Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston would write in
Whether or Not This Stagecoach Was Used by Buffalo Bill, It Has a Storied History
[ad_1] 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
Filmed During WWII, This Italian War Film Started Its Own Cinematic Genre
[ad_1] Once Italy surrendered to the Allies in September 1943, the Germans moved into the vacuum. Rome was declared an “open city” by the Italian
Civil War Generals Never Forgot the Blood and Lost Friends in the US Showdown with Mexico
[ad_1] In September 1861, while stationed in Paducah, Ky., Private John H. Page of the 1st Illinois Light Artillery received notice that he had been
To Depict the Frontier Era with Authenticity, This Artist Walks in the Footsteps of Mountain Men
[ad_1] 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