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Seminoles Taught American Soldiers a Thing or Two About Guerrilla Warfare historynet.com/seminole-warr…
Seminoles Taught American Soldiers a Thing or Two About Guerrilla Warfare

Seminoles Taught American Soldiers a Thing or Two About Guerrilla Warfare

During the 1835–42 Second Seminole War and as Army scouts out West, these warriors from the South proved formidable.

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This Patient Rider Spent Months Retracing the Pony Express on Horseback historynet.com/pony-express-…

This Patient Rider Spent Months Retracing the Pony Express on Horseback

In 2019 Will Grant embarked on a 142-day, 2,000-mile horseback journey from the Pony Express stables in St. Joseph, Mo., to trail’s end in Sacramento, Calif.

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10 Pivotal Events in the Life of Buffalo Bill historynet.com/buffalo-bill-…
10 Pivotal Events in the Life of Buffalo Bill

10 Pivotal Events in the Life of Buffalo Bill

William Frederick Cody (1846-1917) led a signal life, from his youthful exploits with the Pony Express and in service as a U.S. Army scout to his globetrotting days as a showman and international...

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During the War Years, Posters From the American Homefront Told You What to Do — And What Not to Do historynet.com/homefront-mot…
During the War Years, Posters From the American Homefront Told You What to Do — And What Not to Do

During the War Years, Posters From the American Homefront Told You What to Do — And What Not to Do

If you needed some motivation during the war years, there was probably a poster for that.

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The One and Only ‘Booger’ Was Among History’s Best Rodeo Performers historynet.com/booger-red-pr…
The One and Only 'Booger' Was Among History's Best Rodeo Performers

The One and Only 'Booger' Was Among History's Best Rodeo Performers

Texan Sam Privett, the colorfully nicknamed proprietor of Booger Red’s Wild West, backed up his boast he could ride anything on four legs.

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The Top Books and Films About Buffalo Bill Cody historynet.com/top-books-fil…
The Top Books and Films About Buffalo Bill Cody

The Top Books and Films About Buffalo Bill Cody

Steve Friesen, the former director of the Buffalo Bill Museum & Grave in Colorado, assesses what has been written and filmed.

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This Victorian-Era Performer Learned that the Stage Life in the American West Wasn’t All Applause and Bouquets historynet.com/sue-robinson-…
This Victorian-Era Performer Learned that the Stage Life in the American West Wasn't All Applause...

This Victorian-Era Performer Learned that the Stage Life in the American West Wasn't All Applause...

Sue Robinson rose from an itinerant life as a touring child performer to become an acclaimed dramatic actress.

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As the Boxer Rebellion Stole Headlines from His Wild West, Buffalo Bill Put the Clash into His Show historynet.com/boxer-rebelli…

As the Boxer Rebellion Stole Headlines from His Wild West, Buffalo Bill Put the Clash into His Show

In 1901, Cody had his Sioux performers don Chinese garb and portray the rebels.

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Could These American Paratroopers Stop the Germans from Reaching Utah Beach on D-Day? historynet.com/la-fiere-brid…
Could These American Paratroopers Stop the Germans from Reaching Utah Beach on D-Day?

Could These American Paratroopers Stop the Germans from Reaching Utah Beach on D-Day?

The peaceful French countryside around La Fiere Bridge erupted into a desperate firefight on June 6, 1944.

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Oscar Wilde Bothered and Bewildered Westerners While Touring to Promote Gilbert and Sullivan historynet.com/oscar-wilde-w…
Oscar Wilde Bothered and Bewildered Westerners While Touring to Promote Gilbert and Sullivan

Oscar Wilde Bothered and Bewildered Westerners While Touring to Promote Gilbert and Sullivan

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.

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This Frenchman Tried to Best the Wright Brothers on Their Home Turf historynet.com/farman-vists-…
This Frenchman Tried to Best the Wright Brothers on Their Home Turf

This Frenchman Tried to Best the Wright Brothers on Their Home Turf

The Wrights won.

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The Explosion of Mount Hood historynet.com/mount-hood-ex…
The Explosion of Mount Hood

The Explosion of Mount Hood

One minute this 460-foot-long munition ship was there, then it wasn't.

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This Quiet Missionary Survived the Lincoln County War to Live Among the Zunis historynet.com/water-in-a-th…
This Quiet Missionary Survived the Lincoln County War to Live Among the Zunis

This Quiet Missionary Survived the Lincoln County War to Live Among the Zunis

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 Territory.

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Listen to today's edition of The HistoryNet Podcast: This British Colonel Traveled with Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg. He?d Already Had His Share of Surprises..mp3 - The HistoryNet Podcast pod.co/the-historynet-podcas…
This British Colonel Traveled with Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg. He?d...

This British Colonel Traveled with Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg. He?d...

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The Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West Didn’t Have Buffalo Bill’s Reach, But Its Performers Took Hollywood by Storm historynet.com/miller-brothe…
The Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West Didn't Have Buffalo Bill's Reach, But Its Performers Took...

The Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West Didn't Have Buffalo Bill's Reach, But Its Performers Took...

Among the brothers' veteran ranch hands were such stars as Will Rogers, Tom Mix and Bill Pickett.

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Listen to today's edition of The HistoryNet Podcast: Nobody Wanted the A-10 Warthog—and Now It’s the Military’s Most Beloved Plane historynet.com/a10-warthog-b…
Nobody Wanted the A-10 Warthog—and Now It’s the Military’s Most Beloved Plane

Nobody Wanted the A-10 Warthog—and Now It’s the Military’s Most Beloved Plane

50 years ago, the A-10 Warthog was seen as a dud—"a leprous project led by a pariah.” How did it become the military's most beloved plane? Brrrt!

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Listen to today's edition of The HistoryNet Podcast: They Were Sent on a Suicide Mission at Cedar Creek. Their Victory Rallied the Union. historynet.com/8th-vermont-c…
They Were Sent on a Suicide Mission at Cedar Creek. Their Victory Rallied the Union

They Were Sent on a Suicide Mission at Cedar Creek. Their Victory Rallied the Union

The fierce clash proved to be a fitting coda for the resolute 8th Vermont.

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The Scandal that Led to Harry S. Truman Becoming President and Marilyn Monroe Getting Married historynet.com/curtiss-wrigh…
The Scandal that Led to Harry S. Truman Becoming President and Marilyn Monroe Getting Married

The Scandal that Led to Harry S. Truman Becoming President and Marilyn Monroe Getting Married

Did Curtiss-Wright deliberately sell defective engines to the U.S. Army during WWII?

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Listen to today's edition of The HistoryNet Podcast: They Say He Burned Down the Reichstag. But Was He Drugged Into Confessing? historynet.com/reichstag-fir…
They Say He Burned Down the Reichstag. But Was He Drugged Into Confessing?

They Say He Burned Down the Reichstag. But Was He Drugged Into Confessing?

Mystery surrounds the infamous burning of the Reichstag in 1933.

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You Might Be Surprised to Learn What This Resort Hotel Did During World War II historynet.com/greenbrier-ho…
You Might Be Surprised to Learn What This Resort Hotel Did During World War II

You Might Be Surprised to Learn What This Resort Hotel Did During World War II

The Greenbrier is known for its luxury offerings—during the war it wasn't any different for its enemy diplomats.

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