All posts tagged "americas"
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44WorldCanada PM Justin Trudeau Likely to Resign This Week, Globe Reports
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party this week, the Globe and...
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Always look on the bright side of life — why 2025 might be better – POLITICO
OK, Europe will have to endure again presidential histrionics and needling all-caps tweets, along with threats to withdraw from NATO and impose...
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New year: Brazil welcomes 2025 as celebrations move to the Americas
Police prepare for a million visitors at Times Squarepublished at 01:32 Greenwich Mean Time 01:32 GMT Blanca EstradaUS reporter Image source, Getty...
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For Southern Antagonists in the Civil War, a Kindred Desire for Peace Goes Awry
On December 18, 1860, John J. Crittenden of Kentucky introduced a compromise plan to the U.S. Senate. Just two days later, South...
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The Scandal that Led to Harry S. Truman Becoming President and Marilyn Monroe Getting Married
The Curtiss-Wright Corporation came into being in 1929 through the merger of companies started by pioneering aviators Glenn Curtiss and the Wright...
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The Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West Didn’t Have Buffalo Bill’s Reach, But Its Performers Took Hollywood by Storm
To the disbelief of gaping onlookers in the packed stands at El Toreo, Mexico City’s largest bullring, American rodeo performer Bill Pickett...
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The Poignant Tale Behind a Celebrated Civil War Sketch
Odds are there isn’t a Civil War buff living who hasn’t seen a copy of this remarkable pencil sketch (above) by special...
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This Quiet Missionary Survived the Lincoln County War to Live Among the Zunis
The Rev. Dr. Taylor Filmore Ealy faced many struggles, most not of his own making, while a Presbyterian medical missionary between 1874...
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Buffalo Bill’s Tours of Italy and the ‘Spaghetti Western’ Inspired Replica Old West Firearms
Virtually every Old West aficionado is familiar with Buffalo Bill Cody’s popular Wild West shows, which traveled the United States and across...
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Oscar Wilde Bothered and Bewildered Westerners While Touring to Promote Gilbert and Sullivan
Of all the city slickers ever to venture into the 19th century American West, Oscar Wilde towered above the rest, preening like...
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As the Boxer Rebellion Stole Headlines from His Wild West, Buffalo Bill Put the Clash into His Show
Fresh from robbing the Deadwood Stagecoach, the Sioux performers of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West changed into loose-fitting Chinese garb and attached long...
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This Victorian-Era Performer Learned that the Stage Life in the American West Wasn’t All Applause and Bouquets
The California Gold Rush. The very words evoked the strong reaction of an American populace driven by adventure and a lust for...
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The Top Books and Films About Buffalo Bill Cody
Books Buffalo Bill: Scout, Showman, Visionary (2010, by Steve Friesen) This is my biography of William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody, written when...
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The One and Only ‘Booger’ Was Among History’s Best Rodeo Performers
The horse was once as essential to Western life as the six-gun, and breaking horses was once a necessary skill, even a...
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During the War Years, Posters From the American Homefront Told You What to Do — And What Not to Do
“The First World War saw the first widespread use of propaganda to stir patriotic fervour,” note Gill Saunders and Margaret Timmers in...
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10 Pivotal Events in the Life of Buffalo Bill
1. Cody Family Moves to Kansas Will was born in Iowa Territory in 1846. In 1854 father Isaac moved the family to Kansas...
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This Patient Rider Spent Months Retracing the Pony Express on Horseback
When the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Co. launched the Pony Express on April 3, 1860, fanfare for the new...
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Seminoles Taught American Soldiers a Thing or Two About Guerrilla Warfare
The word “Seminole” is derived from the Muscogean word simanó-li, or “runaway,” reflecting a common heritage, as Upper Creeks from Alabama, Lower Creeks...
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