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A Desperate Run For Freedom

Posted on January 22, 2026 by Caryn

On January 22, 1879, American soldiers chased Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife and his people as they made a desperate run for freedom. The clash ended in a devastating defeat for Dull Knife and his band, as the soldiers brought the … Continue reading →

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And So They Died

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Caryn

The Indians, at least the ones present in the early days of the United States, were very superstitious, and they believed that the hissing and thundering of the geysers to be voices of evil spirits. Not knowing much about the … Continue reading →

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Real People

Posted on August 4, 2024 by Caryn

The Abenaki people were a tribe of Indians with a number of names…or at least meanings for their names. They were also known as the Abnaki, which was pronounced OBB-uh-nah-kee. This people spoke Algonquian, and called themselves Alnôbak, which meant “Real People.” Continue reading →

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Just 13 Years Old

Posted on February 25, 2024 by Caryn

René-Auguste Chouteau Jr, who was best known as Auguste Chouteau, was the founder of Saint Louis, Missouri. While being a founder of a city is not necessarily such a strange thing, the way in which it came about is not so common. He was the only child of Marie-Thérèse (nee Bourgeois) and René Chouteau, Continue reading →

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Conning The City Slickers

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Caryn

When the Transcontinental Railroad opened in 1869, the people in the east finally had the chance to take a trip into the Wild West without having to move there or plan on spending months there visiting family. Continue reading →

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Custer’s Black Hills Expedition

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Caryn

There was so much controversy over the control of the Black Hills. The Indians were told that the White man would stay out of the Black Hills, but when gold was discovered there, all bets were off. Continue reading →

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First Oregon Trail Wagon Train

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Caryn

It was inevitable really…the migration of the people of the United States to the west coast, in search of gold, adventure, and more land. The east was filling up, and there was no place else to go, but west. Continue reading →

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Mapmakers

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Caryn

The job of marking out the boundaries of a property, much less an entire nation, while maybe not a complicated job, a big job, nevertheless. The 19th century surveyors were charged with the job of mapping out the entire United States, Continue reading →

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A New Business Venture

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Caryn

When the White Man came to this country, little was known about how the Indians lived or the things they used to make their lives easier. These days, we have learned much about all that. Continue reading →

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Pontiac’s Rebellion

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Caryn

The pilgrims were not the only people who did not like, or accept, British rule. When the French sold some of their territory to the British, the Indian tribes in these areas were not happy about the new regime. The French had more or less left them alone to do as they chose, Continue reading →

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