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The 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 crystals from the bed of a dried-up lake, placed them in a saucer, added sulfuric acid and alcohol as he had been taught, and touched the mix with …
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One Revolution, Two WarsRedcoats were not the only enemies of American Independence. The Declaration of Independence said that by July 1776 the time had come “for one people to dissolve the political band… Read MoreHallowed Ground: Cold Harbor, VirginiaBy the late spring of 1864 Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was advancing on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Va., and relentlessly pressuring Robert E. Lee’s army. With his appointme… Read MorePoetry | To Fight Another DayBorn in England in 1874 to a bank cashier and an heiress, Robert William Service was the first of 10 children. He spent much of his childhood in Scotland and wrote his first poem o… Read MoreThe Great Greek TurncoatDuring the 431–404 BC Peloponnesian War, the unscrupulous Alcibiades was a victorious general—for all sides. In one of his lesser-known plays, Timon of Athens, William Shakespeare … Read MoreDaily Quiz for November 7, 2017The only heavyweight boxing champion to retire undefeated, he held the title from 1952-1956.
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