Month: August 2023
William Dunning Explains the Undoing of Reconstruction
This is the final installment of our Dunning Deep Dive. William Dunning was the leading academic writer on Reconstruction during the first half of the…
John Wesley Wolfe Ranch in Arches National Park Moab Utah
Recently, I visited Arches National Park in Utah. I walked the Delicate Arches Trail, seen in the photo below. While hiking, I saw a tiny…
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John Wesley Powell Civil War Explorer of the Grand Canyon Monument
When I was a boy, we often heard the stories of John Wesley Powell leading expeditions in the American Southwest, particularly of his navigating the…
Port Chester Monument to Colonel of the U.S. Colored Troops Photo Tour
Port Chester, along Long Island Sound in Westchester, is a thriving and diverse village. Along its main road, U.S. Route 1 The Boston Post Road,…
Mathew Brady’s Manhattan Photo Studio Photo Tour
New York City is a strange place. Manhattan always seems to have some new gigantic building going up, making it easy to forget that next…
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