March is Women’s History Month
Missouri Governor Gardner signing resolution ratifying the amendment to U.S. Constitution granting Women the right to vote by Carl Deeg, 1919
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Ben Kilpatrick, an outlaw with the Wild Bunch, 1901
On the evening of March 12, 1912, the Galveston, Harrisburg, & San Antonio Railroad Train No. 9 pulled away from Del Rio, Texas, with engineer D. E. Grosh at the throttle at about 8:00 p.m. Shortly before midnight, it stopped in Dryden to take on water, and as it was preparing to pull away, outlaws, Ben Kilpatrick and Ole Hobek, whom Kilpatrick met in prison, climbed aboard the engine. The robbery, known as the Baxter’s Curve Train Robbery and the Sanderson Train Robbery, was one of the last train robberies in Texas. It was the absolute last for outlaw Ben Kilpatrick. Read more…
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Did You Know?
Pancho Villa and staff, Bain News Service
The story of Pancho Villa’s inglorious raid on Columbus, New Mexico, on March 9, 1916, has been written about many times… but usually from a single or biased point of view. The following, in dramatic fashion, is as complete a version of events as the author could muster, encompassing the perspective from both sides of the battle and from both sides of the border. Continue Reading…
Battle of Glorieta Pass, New Mexico
A key Union victory, The Battle of Glorieta Pass on March 28, 1862, was the turning point of the war in New Mexico Territory. Learn More…
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Seneca Indians.
The Seneca are an Iroquoian-speaking tribe historically living south of Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes of North America. The largest of six Native American nations that comprised the Iroquois Confederacy were the farthest to the west in New York before the American Revolution. They were called “The Keepers of the Western Door.” In the Seneca language, they are known as O-non-dowa-gah or “Great Hill People.” Their democratic government pre-dates the United States Constitution. Continue Reading…
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Andrew Jackson
Born on March 15, 1767, Andrew Jackson, military commander, politician, and seventh president of the United States, was a polarizing figure who dominated American politics in the 1820s and 1830s. More than any of his predecessors, he was elected by popular vote, and as president, he sought to act as the direct representative of the common man. Read more…
Presidents by N. Currier, 1848.
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Silver City, Nevada Mining Remnants by Kathy Alexander.
As Nevada State Road 341 winds its way northward to the Queen of the Comstock Lode – Virginia City, it passes through two more mining camps. Though Virginia City got all the glory, Silver City and Gold Hill played an important part in the history of the area. Adventure to Silver City & Gold Hill, Nevada here...
Bannack Montana. Photo by Kathy Alexander, 2008.
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