Jumat, 29 September 2017

Horace Greeley Interrogates Brigham Young

When Horace Greeley stepped off a stagecoach in Salt Lake City on a sunny July day in 1859, he carried an umbrella and wore a white suit, a white overcoat and a white hat. It was an odd outfit for a hot day in the desert, but it was Greeley’s trademark attire, just as the …

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