
February 2021 Readers’ Letters
Readers share dispatches about Billy the Kid's colorized tintype, Custer subordinate Frederick Benteen, transcontinental railroads, the Dakotas and horses
Readers share dispatches about Billy the Kid's colorized tintype, Custer subordinate Frederick Benteen, transcontinental railroads, the Dakotas and horses
Remote Pacific Islands attracted settlers who dreamed of annexation
Martinsburg’s unionist passion was so unshakable, confederates resorted to calling the key western Virginia town ‘little Massachusetts
Take a closer look at the harsh reality of Navy SEAL training through these powerful images
Rochester working girl builds an empire of businesswomen and changed the salon experience
The Billinghurst Requa Battery, a breechloading gun, consisted of 25 horizontally arrayed barrels and required a crew of three to work it.
“One of the hardest things about the medal is that you’re really not allowed to forget about it."
In June 1864 two of the Civil War’s fiercest cavalry commanders faced off at Trevilian Station, Virginia.
Colorado's Ridgway Western Heritage Society offers John Wayne fans a wide-format, photo-laden 50th anniversary look at the filming of True Grit
The murky fate of the Texian dead grows murkier after human remains turn up inside the famed San Antonio mission chapel
Wayne Brazel confessed to having killed Pat Garrett, the onetime New Mexico sheriff forever known as the man who shot Billy the Kid
“I still have the same dream of a Hellcat on my tail, and I can’t shake it.”
Philosophers who argue that reason defines truth face resistance from those who value tradition, culture, and faith
Although not the biggest battle the Australians experienced, Long Tan was perhaps their most desperate and critical fight in Vietnam