Why do airplane paratroopers shout “Geronimo” when they jump? Pete Snell Phoenix, Arizona A retired U.S. Army colonel stationed at Oklahoma’s Fort...
Why do airplane paratroopers shout “Geronimo” when they jump?
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Will you recommend a dictionary of American West language and slang?
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Does “cookie” refer to cook?
Does “cookie” refer to cook? Thuy An Carefree, Arizona Ramon F. Adams’s Western Words lists “cookie” as one of the names for a range cook. Cook in...
John Read
Our most curious Mexican Revolution artifact is the Jeffery Quad armored car. This vehicle was not sent to Columbus, New Mexico, for the...
July 2015 Events
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Rough Drafts 7/15
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Sitting Bull’s Nemesis
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John James Audubon
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