Western United States

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Council at the Bluff, Lewis & Clark Expedition

The Lewis and Clark Expedition continues north of the Platte River after meeting first representatives of Plains native Americans.

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Aug 131 min read

Meriwether Lewis, Big Bone to Louisville

Pioneer Trail (cont.): Meriwether Lewis at Big Bone Lick and then on to the Falls of the Ohio at Louisville.

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May 51 min read

Ungovernable Frontier, Part 3: Pushing Up and Past the Mississippi River

Between 1800 and Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana territory in 1803, the Europeans looked for ways to unload or reform the region.

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Apr 241 min read

The Spaniard South, Part 2: Florida and the Gulf

The Ungovernable Journey, continues. Prelude to Lewis and Clark Corp. of Discovery to the West.

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Dec 8, 20221 min read

Osage Squeeze

Indian Removal Legacy, Pioneer Trail continued “Mary Surratt's last words, spoken to a guard as he put the noose around her neck, were...

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Nov 26, 20191 min read

Cowboy and Indian (Part 1 of The American Pioneer Trail)

https://youtu.be/FEsQD4Q1_6M (Video, 10 minutes) tap arrow photo (Part 1, Introduction) The beginning of an exploration of the...

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Jul 11, 20173 min read

Graves Beside a River: the Little Bighorn

I normally am not so affected emotionally when visiting a war memorial that the experience lodges in the back of my mind for months,...

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