Rapscallions!
"Resist at Your Peril!"
The only thing standing between John Yates Beall and Johnson's Island was the USS Michigan... that and a terrible con man and the cowardice of his own men.
Categories: History, Series 14
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"Ohio"
What’s round on the ends and hi in the middle? The state that’s often used as a shorthand for middle America, but which is actually very weird indeed.
End of the Line
the John Hunt Morgan surrender site
When I learned that Ohio has a "John Hunt Morgan" heritage trail, and its end point was about a 45 minute drive away, well, I just had to check it out.
Categories: History, Supplement
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Rapscallions!
"Patience is Sour"
Thomas Henry Hines had a cunning plan to free Confederate prisoners-of-war and establish a "Northwest Confederacy." Too bad it was doomed to fail.
Categories: History, Series 14
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Dangerous Excitement
good times never felt so good
The Canadian revolution seemed over... and then the Redcoats seized an American ship, set it on fire, and sent it plunging over Niagara Falls.
Categories: History, Series 13
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The War Between the States
the history of the Yankee-Pennamite Wars (1768-1813)
Did you know that Connecticut and Pennsylvania went to war multiple times over the area that's now scranton? Learn all about the Yankee-Pennamite Wars!
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Westward Huss
here a Viking, there a Viking, everywhere a Viking Viking
Would you believe there were Vikings in Washington, DC? Or West Virginia? Or Oklahoma? Or Hawaii? How about all of the above and none of the above?
Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, People & Places, Series 8, The Quest for the Past
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He Whooped to See Them Burn
Simon Girty (1741-1818) -- renegade and traitor, or man of principle?
Was "white savage" Simon Girty (1741-1818) a renegade and traitor, or a man of principle? We reexamine his history and try to figure out what made him tick.
Categories: Biography, History, Most Popular, Series 4
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