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Peter M. “Pete” Dawkins is an all-American hero, a class of 1959 West Point graduate who is the epitome of the soldier-scholar-athlete. He won the 1958 Heisman Trophy while playing under Earl “Red” Blaik, one of the greatest college football coaches in history. Dawkins was chosen as a Rhodes Scholar and played rugby while earning …
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Like the Men of Old Loaded with True Grit, Bob Van Kirk Stood Tall in Today’s WestThe Arizona man was once a lawman in rough-and-tumble Alaska. Western pioneers and settlers are a thing of the past —a product of simpler yet wilder times, when a man had to be sel… Read MoreKid Thompson Made His Mark as California’s Train-Wrecking BanditHe and an accomplice pulled off two holdups at the same spot. Northbound Southern Pacific No. 20 had just left Burbank station on December 23, 1893, and as it approached Roscoe swi… Read MorePlains Tribes Had Roots in Agriculture, And Some Were Willing to Farm AgainCongress’ failure to ratify an 1859 treaty was a missed opportunity. Fort Laramie Indian Agent Thomas Twiss had called together the Sioux, Northern Cheyennes and Arapahos in Septem… Read MoreBorax Has Meant Big Business In California’s Death ValleyThe 20-mule teams are still remembered today. In 1881 hardscrabble prospector Aaron Winters, after making camp at Furnace Creek in California’s Death Valley, gathered up some white… Read MoreMisremembering the AlamoTen things about the 1836 Texas battle every American knows—whether they happened or not. The Alamo as the “Cradle of Texas Liberty” is a subject familiar to people nationwide. Sti… Read More
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