Tag Archives: Wild West

Well…it’s still better than Denny’s

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Steve

If you don’t get the joke, it’s a reference to the infamous Donner Party. A group of people heading West during the wagon-train days but they didn’t get through a key mountain pass in time, ended up being snowed in … Continue reading →

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Italian #60: Giovanni Martino

Posted on October 21, 2021 by Steve

Giovanni is a really an odd character in History thanks to his two brushes with fame through coincidence. The latter, read on, is what made him a temporary celebrity in the US and it should’ve led to a cameo in … Continue reading →

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1876: The Battle of Greasy Grass ends in Custer’s defeat

Posted on June 25, 2021 by Steve

Most people refer to this as Little Bighorn but I prefer to go with the winners, a combined force of First Nations known as the Lakota, North Cheyenne and Arapaho. It’s also known as one of America’s biggest defeats in … Continue reading →

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1869: Wyoming grants women the vote

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Steve

The article from the History Channel gives a list of reasons but I go with the more realistic one purported by Adam Ruins Everything…women had the power to get it through the world’s oldest profession and I’m not talking about farming. … Continue reading →

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