These guys have always fascinated me.
I first learned about them in Louis L’Amour’s The Walking Drum and always figured I might never get the full story. So it is nice when stuff like this comes out.
Category Archives: History
On The Trail: Trailblazers of our National Parks – CBS News
My grandfather spent part of the Depression planting trees in Montana, thanks to the CCC.
Orange County’s Great Zoot Suit Panic of 1943 | OC Weekly
Yet another event that did not happen as the powers that be told you.
Big surprise.
A Nurse Describes the Smell of the Civil War | Smart News | Smithsonian
Sound and smell are among the things we are not able to gain from history. Photographs and old uniforms and weapons do not tell the whole story of a war.
The remains of Armageddon: Revisiting the sites of America’s atomic arsenal – The Washington Post
Places that (thankfully) never got their proper use.
What it Takes to Keep a B-29 Flying – Tested
Working history and the effort that goes into it.
Countries’ History in a Single Sentence | Warped Speed
These make Cliff Notes look detailed.
The Hunt for Tiburcio Vasquez: A Chase Through a Californio’s L.A. | Departures | KCET
Bandit or freedom fighter? Depends on who you ask.
What America’s immigrants looked like when they arrived on Ellis Island – The Washington Post
We come from all over in this nation and I don’t think we spend enough time remembering that.
Just a feeling I get from all the nativist hatred I have heard of late.
WWII vehicle boneyards were essentially war machine landfills
Chilling and yet fascinating.