"Bright days and dark days were both expressions of the Great Mystery, and the Indian reveled in being close to the Great Holiness." --Chief Luther Standing...
Tie up in Arizona's Old West By WAYNE AND CARLA ANDERSON Published Sunday, January 18, 2009 WICKENBURG, Ariz. - When cowboys were hired for cattle drives in...
January 30, 1933 The Lone Ranger debuts on Detroit radio With the stirring notes of the William Tell Overture and a shout of "Hi-yo, Silver! Away!" The Lone...
January 30, 1816 Nathaniel Banks born Union General Nathaniel Banks is born in Waltham, Massachusetts. Banks was a "political general"--he had few military...
"In sharing, in loving all and everything, one people naturally found a due portion of the thing they sought, while in fearing, the other found need of...
some of you might be interested in http://oneofmanyfeathers.com/ and http://www.badeagle.com/ David Yeagley is the is the great-great-grandson of Comanche...
January 31, 1865 House passes the 13th Amendment The U.S. House of Representatives passes the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in the...
Extract from Harrison County (Indiana) Citizenship Ledger: “Comes into Open Court Philip Kurtz an alien and Subject to the Grand Duke Ludwick of Hesse...
"You can't just sit down and talk about the truth. It doesn't work that way. You have to live it and be part of it and you might get to know it." --Rolling...
Susan Anderson, M.D. (1870-1960) - Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Anderson's family moved to the booming mining camp of Cripple Creek, Colorado while she...
"At my age I suppose I should be knitting. But I would rather play poker with five or six 'experts' than eat." -- Alice Ivers Tubbs; aka: Poker Alice Alice...
Deborah Sampson Gannett (1760-1827) - The first known woman to impersonate a man in the U.S. Army, Deborah served as a soldier during the American Revolution....
Annie Rogers, aka: Della Moore, Maud Williams (18??-19??) - Born in Texas as Della Moore, Annie was working in Fannie Porter's brothel in San Antonio when she...
February 1st 1861 Texas became the seventh state to leave the Union when the Austin Convention approved an Ordinance of Secession by an overwhelming vote of...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANE SEYMOUR and MICHAELA QUINN SULLY! And also a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to BARBARA BABCOCK, FRANK COLLISON and JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT 14 FRANK COLLISON...
"Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to...
1862 From Cairo, Illinois, transports began to move toward Fort Henry. As U.S. Grant later described it in his memoirs, "there were not enough boats or men to...
February 3, 1865 Hampton Roads Conference President Lincoln meets with a delegation of Confederate officials to discuss a possible peace agreement. Lincoln...
"It's very hard to do things in the right manner, but as long as we do things right, we are in turn with the Great Spirit." --Rolling Thunder, CHEROKEE When...
Up coming TV in February for Lincoln's Bicentennial! American Experience: the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Monday, February 9th on Channel 2 (WGBH) 9pm ...
Setting Their Sights On Old Green EyesAuthor: Chloé Morrison Source - http://northgeorgia.timesfreepress.com/ Virtually every battlefield is said to be...
Ford's Theatre Re-Lights With New Lincoln Play, Heavens, Starring Selby, Feb. 3 By Kenneth Jones 03 Feb 2009 David Selby stars as Abraham Lincoln in the world...
February 4, 1861 Provisional Confederate Congress convenes The Confederate State of America is open for business when the Provisional Congress convenes in...
ABCFAM cable channel has given "Perfect 10" a ten episode order. It's about female gymnasts and Anthony Starke plays one of the girls' father. He has a...
"We say there is a right time and place for everything.It's easy to say, but hard to understand. You have to live it to understand it." --Rolling Thunder,...