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After an emergency landing in Sweden, a B-17G became a bargaining chip for hundreds of American internees. During World War II, 143 U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft made unscheduled arrivals in neutral Sweden, 69 of them B-17 Flying Fortresses. Ten of the bombers were handed over to the Swedish government, slated for conversion into 14-seat …
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Unsung Charcoal Burners Kept Mining Town Smelters GoingThey fueled the Western mining industry. In the late 19th century, Eureka, Nevada, a mining town with over a dozen smelters, was known as the “Pittsburgh of the West.” Labor disput… Read MoreDouble Killing in Fort WorthA sheriff and a lawyer had a brief run-in during a town picnic in July 1861, but a month later they ran into each other again—with deadly results. In 1861 Sheriff John B. York and … Read MoreWorking on the Railroad the Chinese WayHired out of the Central Pacific’s desperation for reliable laborers, Chinese men cut and blasted their way across the Sierras with much courage and endurance and little complaint.… Read MoreThe Remorse of Rain-in-the-Face, Whom Whites Saw as a Scary IndianHe liked one 7th Cavalry trooper—and it was not a Custer. When Henry Wadsworth Longfellow needed an Indian warrior to play the villain in his poem about Custer’s Last Stand, he int… Read MoreBenteen: Between a Rock and a Hard PlaceIn the endless assessments of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Captain Frederick Benteen has often been portrayed as a villain. Might he be viewed as a hero instead? He saved us, … Read More
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