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Many others also prospered during Nevada’s big silver strike. The 1859 discovery of almost pure silver ore amid the gold of the Comstock Lode began a scramble for the promised wealth and gave rise to Virginia City, which drew some 25,000 residents at its peak and was for a time among the largest and wealthiest …
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Fleeting Visions of the Old WestCowboy artist Charles Russell captured the vibrant spirit of a short-lived way of life. At the end of the 19th century, numerous artists set out to depict an American West that by … Read MoreThe Wizard Who Electrified the WorldIn June 1884, a fateful meeting took place in an office in a brownstone on Manhattan’s lower Fifth Avenue. The office belonged to that greatest of American inventors, Thomas Alva E… Read MoreRevolutionary SpiritsWhiskey had a staggering effect on our history from the get-go. George Washington slept here. He also made whiskey here, very bad whiskey. When Washington returned to Mount Vernon … Read MoreHow Respect for Bankers Turns to HateFinancial Founding Fathers: The Men Who Made America Rich by Robert E. Wright and David J. Cowen Wright and Cowen capture the grand visions and often bitter public disappointments … Read MoreJefferson on the RunAfter months of desperately avoiding capture by redcoats, the Sage of Monticello found himself labeled a coward. No wonder he hated war. On a winter’s day nearly six years into Ame… Read More
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