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Senator Douglas’ act is verified, at last, by first-hand testimony

Without doubt they were Washington, who walked carefully within the Constitution, and Lincoln, who stretched it as far as he dared

“Come and see the boiling cloud,” said a woman on the ground; aloft, the slender Shenandoah headed straight into the eye of the vicious squall

Legend says the frontier was “hell on women,” but the ladies claim they had the time of their lives

In a day of rampant money-making, gentle Peter Cooper was not only a reformer but successful, widely loved, and rich.

Teetotaling twin brothers built the most wonderful car of their era, and its day of glory may not be over yet

Magnificent Central American ruins, overgrown by the thickening jungle, testify to a sophisticated culture already ancient when Columbus sailed