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He had been an aeronaut and inventor before his California bust. Professor T.S.C. Lowe was a man of lofty vision. In his youth he founded what could be called the first American air force, with George Custer as a copilot. But his last project, which also involved taking people for rides into the sky, brought …
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Double 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 MoreUnsung 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 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 MoreSix Accounts of a KillingFort Worth residents Charles Ellis Mitchell and Pinkney Holt were children at the time of the York-Fowler double killing and many years later shared the stories they had heard whil… 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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