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“We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.”
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For the earth, he drew a straight line, For the sky a bow above it; White the space between for day-time, Filled with little stars for night-time; On the left a point for sunrise, On the right a point for sunset, On the top a point for noontide, And for rain and cloudy weather Waving Read More ...
Acoma Pueblo, NM – Ancient Sky City Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, TX Ancient & Modern Pueblos – Oldest Cites in the U.S. Inhabited Pueblos Ancient Pueblos and Ruins Ancient Puebloans of the Southwest (Anasazi) Cahokia Mounds, IL – The Largest Archaeological Site in America Canyons of the Ancients, CO Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Read More ...
The United States government, as of January of 2023, officially recognizes 574 tribes. In the United States, an Indian tribe is a fundamental unit, and the constitution grants Congress the right to interact with tribes. Federal tribal recognition grants to tribes the right to certain benefits and is largely controlled by the Bureau of Indian Read More ...
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The American Tradition of Thanksgiving
In America, although we recognize the Pilgrims’ three-day feast at Plymouth in October 1621 as the first Thanksgiving in the New World, celebrations date back to the 1500s. Read about the American Tradition of Thanksgiving.
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Did You Know?
Battle of Washita, Oklahoma by Steven Lang
The Washita Battlefield National Historic Site, near Cheyenne, Oklahoma, protects and interprets the site of the Battle of Washita. Here once stood the Southern Cheyenne village of Chief Black Kettle that Lieutenant Colonel George Custer attacked on November 27, 1868. Read more…
Belle Gunness and Children
Born on November 11, 1859, “Hell’s Belle” Gunness was America’s most degenerate female serial killer in history, who likely killed both her husbands and all of her children. Read about “Hell’s Belle” Gunness – Black Widow of the Midwest.
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Big Nose Kate – Doc Holliday’s Sidekick
Mary Catherine Elder Haroney, a.k.a. Big Nose Kate
Born Mary Katherine Haroney in Hungary on November 7, 1850, Kate would grow up to be just one of the many “soiled doves” of the American West, as well claiming a small slice of fame as Doc Holliday’s on and off girlfriend. Read about Big Nose Kate – Doc Holliday’s Sidekick.
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America’s Mother Road
A Route 66 shield is carved in rock to commemorate where the Mother Road once ran through the the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. Photo by Dave Alexander.
On November 11, 1926, the American Association of State Highways designated Route 66 as the new “super highway” from Chicago to Santa Monica. See more Route 66 Information & History.
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First Train Robbery on the Pacific Coast
Train Robbery
On the morning of November 5, 1870, the news was flashed around the civilized world that the Overland Express train, which left San Francisco, California the previous morning, carrying gold to the miners at Virginia City, Nevada, had been “held up” and robbed near Verdi, a station about ten miles west of Reno, and that over $40,000 had been taken from the Wells-Fargo strongbox by masked heavily armed men. This being the first train robbery on the Pacific Coast, it almost took away the public breath and, for a while, caused great excitement and much newspaper comment on two continents. Read this account from one of the lawmen who tracked the outlaws.
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