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Ox Hill: Honoring 2nd Bull Run’s bloody postscript Not too long ago, if you drove down one crowded stretch of Route 608 in Fairfax County, Virginia, it was easy to miss a ragged plot of land called Ox Hill Battlefield Park. That is no longer the case, thanks to preservationist Ed Wenzel and a loyal …
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Wild West Book Review: Jedediah SmithJedediah Smith: No Ordinary Mountain Man by Barton H. Barbour, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2009, $26.95. Comanche Indians cut short Jedediah Smith’s life in 1… Read MoreArabia Steamboat Museum Captures Life on the Missouri in 1856Showcases sunken treasures, harvested from a farmer’s field. Nineteenth-century pioneers quipped that the big Western rivers were “too thick to drink, too thin to plow.” Boatmen kn… Read MoreDaniel Moore Challenged the Big Boys With a Number of Reliable HandgunsHis seven-shooter was popular but short-lived. Stories and anecdotes about Old West gunplay almost always mention one of the big three manufacturers— Colt, Remington or Smith &… Read MoreGhost Town: Tinton, South DakotaTinton is tucked in the rugged recesses of Spearfish Canyon, 13 miles due east of Deadwood. Its crumbling edifices belie a remarkably resilient mining town. Edgar St. John discover… Read MoreHere Be DragonsJohn Wesley Powell’s Colorado River Exploring Expedition completed its rapids-defying Grand Canyon passage 140 years ago, but the disappearance of three members remains a mystery. … Read More
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