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George Pullman

Railroads, the Chicago World’s Fair, and George Pullman

by Jack Kelly

The year 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the completion of the first…
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The Edge of Anarchy Part Five: The Pullman Strike

The Pullman Strike was the greatest uprising of working people in American history. If you haven’t…
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The History of the Rise of Labor Unions in America

by Jack Kelly

In 1979, a young Vermont politician named Bernie Sanders made a short documentary…
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The Robber Barons of Yore: Who Was George Pullman?

by Jack Kelly

The Pullman car is one of those things we’ve heard about, but we’re…
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What Can We Learn from Red Dead Redemption?

by Tore C. Olsson

In his new book Red Dead's History, Tore Olsson reveals the gritty and brutal world that…
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Pat Nixon and “Panda Diplomacy”

by Heath Hardage Lee

As spring came to Washington in 1972, there was little rest for…
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The Decade in Southern History that (Almost) No One Is Talking About

by Tore C. Olsson

Imagine a bookcase large enough to contain all the works ever written…
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Uncovering Stories in Small Archives

by Kathleen Sheppard

Mary Charlton Jonas (1874-1950) returned to her work at the Egypt Exploration Society’s…
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Butch Gets Busted

by Tom Clavin

This month is the 130th anniversary of when Butch Cassidy was sent to prison in Wyoming for…
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Adventure, Shipwrecks, and the History of the World

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David Gibbins's day job is anything but normal. Gibbins has worked in underwater archaeology all his…
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John Colter: The First Mountain Man?

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by Tom Clavin

One of the joys of researching and writing (with Bob Drury) Throne of…
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Army Rangers on D-Day

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by Tom Clavin

As many of you are aware, this week marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day,…
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