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Frank Miller atop coach

Whether or Not This Stagecoach Was Used by Buffalo Bill, It Has a Storied History

by Katharyn Benessa3/5/20242/8/2024

Showman Frank Miller rescued this former mail coach, rode it to Wild West fame and, in the wake of tragedy, donated it as a legacy for future generations.

Photo of Little Round Top, at Gettysburg National Military Park, Pa., offers a sweeping view. From this hill, on the left end of the Union line, Lt. Col. Joshua Chamberlain led the 20th Maine Volunteers in a bayonet counterattack against the 15th Alabama Infantry and other Confederate units on July 2, 1863.

The World’s Most Visitor-Friendly Battlefields

by David T. Zabecki12/22/202312/28/2023

Texas Civil War Museum

Texas Civil War Museum to Remain Open

by Donald L. Barnhart Jr.11/20/202311/20/2023

Painting of a Indian burial mound excavated in 1850 near the Mississippi River, varied in height and dimension. They were typically erected in layers over several hundred years.

Thomas Jefferson, Grave Digger

by Rick Britton10/3/202311/9/2023

Dr. Colleen Shogan behind display case

Emancipation Proclamation, One of America’s Most Important Documents, On Display

by Melissa A. Winn8/31/20238/4/2023

Texas Civil War Museum

The Texas Civil War Museum Lowers Its Flag

by Donald L. Barnhart Jr.7/24/20237/20/2023

Painting of Abraham Lincoln.

Lincoln in His Own Words: The 16th President’s Musings About ‘negro equality’

by Ross E. Heller7/11/20237/12/2023

Photo of The Drake Well Museum and Park, where in 1859 Edwin Drake drilled a successful oil well and launched the modern oil industry, Titusville, Pennsylvania.

The Small Pennsylvania Town Where the US Oil Industry Started

by Heidi Campbell-Shoaf6/13/20236/13/2023

Painting, The Mount House, by William Sidney Mount.

The Racially Diverse Paintings of a 19th-Century American Artist

by Katherine Kirkpatrick and Vivian Nicholson-Mueller6/9/20236/9/2023

Photo of a Colonial Revival kitchen that was created in 1930 and sponsored by Oklahoma at the DAR museum.

What Does Home Mean?

by Melissa A. Winn6/6/20236/7/2023