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Osage Village

Perhaps the first Europeans to come to his part of southwest Missouri were amazing to see such a vast village on the prairie.  It was…

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The Oklahoma Land Rush

Imagine a train chugging south out of Kansas with people jumping from the cars all along its route. The reason they jumped and mass chaos…

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Governor Gravesites in Missouri

Down dirt and gravel roads, off the main highway on paths once well traveled, but now forgotten, you can find small country cemeteries. As families…

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Six Years in Pearl Harbor

For those who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor, many soon found themselves assigned to duties throughout the Pacific.  But for this soldier, he found…

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A Story of Survival at Pearl Harbor

He was a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor.  Interestingly, his ship was not hit by a torpedo, yet it sank and capsized…..

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A Six Year Tour in Honolulu

Before 1941, Pearl Harbor was a place unknown to many Americans.  That was certainly the case for Wilbur Wright, an 18 year old who was…

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Camp Floyd

For three years, 3500 soldiers served alongside one another in Utah Territory.  It was the largest military outpost in the country.  But within a matter…

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A Three Year Stay with No Military Action

In the summer of 1858, U.S. soldiers went to Utah to put down a supposed Mormon rebellion.  However, their three year stay in the Utah…

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Sending Troops to a Troubled Spot

In 1857, rumors of rebellion made to the oval office.  President James Buchanan ordered troops to head to the trouble spot.  Soon one third of…

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The Dalton Gang

Today these streets and the adjacent alley are peaceful avenues lines with small town businesses. The fall of 1892, it was the sight of citizens…

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