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As It Were: Stagecoaches open 19th century Ohio to interstate commerce, travel | Ed Lentz
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt was a turbulent time. Between 1815 and 1865, America grew at a ferocious pace. President Thomas...
'The cities were paralyzed': Photos show historic blizzard that pounded Northeast 135 years ago
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBeginning March 12, 1888, a destructive blizzard known as the "Great White Hurricane" buried the...
Best Westerns on Netflix: 10 Pistol-Packing Standouts, Ranked
First for Women via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWith all due respect to John Wayne’s Rooster Cogburn, who, in 1969’s True Grit says, “Looking back...
The Black female rodeo riders redefining American cowboys: ‘They’ll give you looks until they see...
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoBLACK HISTORY MONTH: For more than a century the cowboy has been portrayed only as a white man....
Going Green & Still Pumping Oil? The Challenges of Climate Change for Fossil Fuel Producers
ACCESSWIRE via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoWe were thinking the other day about the enormous challenges posed by climate change to our society...
Ashland Memories: Freer family had Rowsburg roots
The Times-Gazette via Yahoo News· 6 months agoJonas and Randolph Freer became prominent in the Ashland business community and as founders of the Farmers Bank. They came from a farm family of 18...
Southcoast Wonders: Roadside cemeteries offer connections to history — and Halloween vibes
The Standard-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe past is around every corner in southern New England, often literally. The cities and towns of...
A government challenge spawned transcontinental mail service
FreightWaves via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoTranscontinental mail in the United States began on Sept. 15, 1858, when the Overland Mail Service...
The mystery of Black Bart lives on
Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 23—In 2016, a book co-authored by two amateur historians made headlines claiming to provide evidence that the infamous 1800s stagecoach robber Black Bart had been buried in the Historic ...
Construction begins on planned Kyle Evans, western heritage museum in Wessington Springs
The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 17—WESSINGTON SPRINGS, S.D. — In the town of Wessington Springs, the history of the west still runs deep. "I'm in heaven on a horse, in the wide open prairies of Dakota," softly croons ...
