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                                                      Washington                            Custer James Barroll Washington was born in Balt...

  “I went over the battlefield carefully with a view to determine how the fight was fought.  I arrived at the conclusion I have right now-th...

  “The battalion organization was made after we had marched about four hours.  I think at the first halt an orderly came to me with instruct...

  On June 25, 1876, at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, five companies of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry, under the direct command of George A...

  In the early days of the American Civil War, George Armstrong Custer wore his hair long, and wore a braided black velvet jacket and a flam...

  On June 25, 1876, at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, five companies of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry, under the direct command of George Arm...

 Reno's retreat Soon commenced the rattle of rifle fire, and bullets began to whistle about us. I remember that I ducked my head and tri...

  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles A. Mills is an author and historian with a passion for uncovering hidden stories from the pa...

 Apache Tears Apache tears  are rounded pebbles of obsidian found in Arizona.   The name "Apache tear" comes from a legend of the ...

  Sorting out fact from fiction is the great challenge for anyone interested in searching for the Lost Dutchman’s Mine. There was a Jacob ...

  For over fifty years after the death of Jacob Waltz, treasure hunters followed the ambiguous clues that the Dutchman left behind as to the...

  Over six hundred people have lost their lives in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona, some under very mysterious circumstances.   In 189...

  On December 23, 1835, one hundred and ten men under the command of Major Francis Dade left Fort Brooke (present-day Tampa), to reinforce...

      The most famous American witch trials occurred in Salem Massachusetts from 1692-1693, but Virginia had its own witches and witch trial...

  Tombstone owed its creation to the discovery of silver.   The mines sat in the richest productive silver district in Arizona.   The popula...