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In the early 1850s, American prospectors found the ruins of old Mexican mining camps in what became the Oro Blanco (“white gold”) Mining District in southernmost central Arizona. In the early years, Apache attacks were frequent and deadly, continuing until Geronimo’s surrender in 1886. The Montana, the district’s longest active and most profitable mine, opened …
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Dramatis Personae of the U.S. NavyJohn Paul Jones (1747-1792) He never commanded a major fleet and lost his flagship in the most celebrated American naval action of the Revolution, yet John Paul Jones embodied the … Read MoreWhat If: Monitor and Virginia alternate outcome?While history records the encounter between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads as a tactical draw, could either of the two ironclad ships have sunk the other? An… Read MoreThe Advancement of U.S. Naval Ship DesignConfederacy (1778-1783) Authorized by the Continental Congress in 1776, the Confederacy (36) was one of the most remarkable Revolutionary War frigate designs. At 160’ length with a… Read MoreAudio: ‘The Letters’ Director William Riead On How Mother Teresa Started Her JourneyBound by her vows to be a cloistered nun, Mother Teresa sought permission from the Vatican to go among the poor and give assistance to the people of Calcutta.
The post Audio: ‘The … Read MoreAlfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914): Naval VisionaryIn 1890, an obscure naval officer from a third-rate naval power published a book which shaped the course of the 19th and early 20th century arms race and naval strategy. The book c… Read More
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