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Go West, Young Man?

Go West, Young Man?

One of the most famous phrases of the 19th century, “Go West, young man!” reportedly inspired thousands of Eastern Americans to find their fortunes...

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Pink Higgins

Pink Higgins

Like most Texas cattlemen, John Pinckney Calhoun Higgins, was mighty handy with a gun and was not a man to trifle with. He’s not exactly a household...

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Dry Kansas!

Dry Kansas!

Governor John St. John, with the backing of the national Woman's Christian Temperance Union, forced the legislature to pass a constitutional...

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Kit Carson: History and the Myth

Kit Carson: History and the Myth

In October 1849, a trader named James White, his wife Ann and their infant daughter were traveling on the Santa Fe Trail to New Mexico when they...

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Wild Wilcox Robbery

Wild Wilcox Robbery

What...is...history?” asked French Revolution leader Napoléon Bonaparte. “A fable agreed upon.” He went on to state, “...you will not find two...

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Bricks of Earth

Bricks of Earth

The first “home sweet home” for many early pioneers was a soddie—a house built from two-feet-thick “bricks of earth,” cut from the prairie sod The...

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