Saturday, March 31, 2012

Tornadoes in the Wild West: Hunkerin' Down for the Big Winds

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I have always been fascinated by weather, particularly tornadoes. On May 22, 2008, I spent three hours in a basement closet with my infant ...
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Thursday, March 22, 2012

The First School for the Higher Education of Women West of the Mississippi was Founded by the Cherokee

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It was not the early settlers who founded the first school for the higher education of women west of the Mississippi, it was the Cherokee wh...
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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Comanche Raid in Hamilton County, Texas: The Heroic Death and Sacrifice of Schoolteacher Ann Whitney and the Daring Ride of Miss Amanda Howard

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In continuing with the theme of Women's History Month, the story of the heroic acts of Miss Ann Whitney and Miss Amanda Howard. As with ...
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Saturday, March 10, 2012

Women in the Old West--Women's History Month

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"Go West, young man!" Horace Greeley proclaimed, and many young men followed his advice. Those who traveled to the western prairie...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Gambling on the Old West Trains

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In the days of the Old West, traveling by train was a vacation in itself. It was a new form of travel, exciting and adventurous. Passengers ...
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

"A Mule will be a Mule."

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"It is sometimes amusing to observe the athletic wagoner hurrying an animal to its post--to see him heave upon the halter of a stubborn...
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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Western Hero Annie Oakley

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I have always admired Annie Oakley. Her story is one of survival, and I do like survivors. Annie Oakley was born Phoebe Ann Moses, one of se...
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