When Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 its purpose was to repeal the Missouri Compromise and create two new territories and allow for...

When Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 its purpose was to repeal the Missouri Compromise and create two new territories and allow for...
The Reds, the Blues and some questionable votes. In 1873, Texas Democratic Party boss Stephen Powers formed the Blue Club, a social organization...
When Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 its purpose was to repeal the Missouri Compromise and create two new territories and allow for...
Sam Walker had migrated to Texas in 1842 and immediately joined in the continuing war along the border with Mexico. That same year Sam Houston...
The Plains Indians called him the “Horse-chief of the Long Knives,” and the whites have called him, the “Father of the U.S. Cavalry.” The war...
June 11, 1879, Bat Masterson and about 60 hired guns take over a railroad roundhouse in Pueblo, Colorado. They represent the Santa Fe Railroad in...