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How Did Meriwether Lewis Die? Descendants of Meriwether Lewis, depicted in a contemporaneous painting, want to know conclusively how the great explorer died in 1809, at an inn along the Natchez Trace. Some say it was suicide, others murder. Creators of a new Web site (SolvetheMystery.org) seek to exhume Lewis’ body to try to determine …
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Butch, Sundance and Ethel Place Spent Time and Money in New YorkAnd for two of them, that meant Buffalo as well as NYC. Not all Wild West history occurred in the West. Consider the Pinkerton Detective Agency’s lament about Butch Cassidy and the… Read MoreThe Clampers of the Old West Were a Cut Below the MasonsBut they provided more than gold rush chuckles. Like thousands of others in the early years of the California Gold Rush, John Studebaker tried his hand at panning in the Sierra Nev… Read MoreRoman Nose: Knight-Errant in a War BonnetHe was the champion of the Cheyenne people, an imposing warrior who dressed to kill his enemies and left a staggering impression from Powder River Country to Beecher Island. Chival… Read MoreSquare-set Timbering and the V-Flume Kept the Comstock Lode Running StrongLumbering was the key to mining profitability. In 1875 the Comstock Lode was still pouring out its riches in Virginia City, Nevada. Timber was a precious commodity for the mines an… Read MoreThe Plains Indians Agreed in the End: The Black Hills Would Not Be SoldBut the Allison Commission failed. The mounted Plains Indians thundered over the brow of the hill and down toward the banks of the White River where white commissioners huddled ben… Read More
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