The Lady of Cofitachequi
De Soto's legacy is one of plunder. Using primary sources about the "Lady of Cofitachequi," learn about the plunder of NA indigenous peoples
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Dana Rovang
Oct 166 min read
Putnam Lodge: Historic Hotel in Old Florida
The Putnam Lodge in Cross City, Florida has a long and historic past. A microhistory about a local treasure.
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Dana Rovang
Sep 49 min read
Singing, Stars, and Quilts: The Secret Code Signals of the Underground Railroad
Those involved in the Underground Railroad had to use carefully coded signals to get enslaved people to freedom.
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Dana Rovang
Aug 2112 min read
Mary Kay & Johnny: Early Sitcom Pioneers
Mary Kay & Johnny broke all the social norms on TV and pioneered the domestic situation comedy.
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Dana Rovang
Jun 287 min read
Noncombatant Service: Conscientious Objectors’ Fight for Mental Health Reform during WWII
During WWII, many Conscientious Objectors worked to reform mental health care institutions, with lasting results.
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Dana Rovang
Jun 56 min read
Key West: How Ernest Hemingway and Julius F. Stone, Jr. Shaped a Resort Town
Many know Key West as a resort town, but it wasn’t always this way.
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Dana Rovang
Jan 306 min read
The Woman's Bible
Along with a group of women reviewers, Elizabeth Cady Stanton sought to reposition women in conversations about Christianity. By Jenna...
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Dana Rovang
Dec 20, 20228 min read
The Snowman: A brief history of a winter entertainment
A Brief History of Snowmen
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Dana Rovang
May 5, 20228 min read
The "weird" law against killing camels in Arizona
Dana Rovang It is a true fact that there was once a law in Arizona making killing a camel a crime. But, what if you didn’t know what a...
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Dana Rovang
Apr 19, 20227 min read
"Save the Day": The American Civil War origins of a superhero phrase
Dana Rovang What would a superhero story be without someone swooping in at the last moment to “Save The Day?” Snatching victory from the...
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Dana Rovang
Mar 22, 20227 min read
Frances Perkins: Labor Secretary for FDR, and the brains behind the New Deal
While we take for granted the 40-hour work week and generally safe working conditions, not many know about the woman who spearheaded the...
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Dana Rovang
Feb 15, 20224 min read
Maude Callen: Nurse-Midwife provided medical care to the poorest in her community
In the mid-twentieth-century American South, Black women had limited access to medical services and maternal care. Many gave birth at...
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Dana Rovang
Feb 3, 20228 min read
Phillis Wheatley: A Black and enslaved poet who helped shape Revolutionary America
Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), was a Black and enslaved poet who lived in the American Colonies during the Revolutionary War. Through her...
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Brendan Wolfe
Nov 22, 20217 min read
A War by Any Other Name
CONFLICT IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES When the English landed at Jamestown, Virginia was in the middle of a seven-year drought and the worst...
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Brendan Wolfe
Nov 22, 20214 min read
PAQUIQUINEO (DON LUIS)
Virginia Indian Traveled throughout Early Modern World Paquiquineo was a Virginia Indian who for nine years traveled throughout the...
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Julia Chen
Nov 22, 20213 min read
THE PILGRIMS' BAN ON CHRISTMAS
Christmas Festivities Forbidden in17th Century American Colonies Christmas was once outlawed in Boston, and festive cheer was greeted...
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Dana Rovang
Nov 22, 20212 min read
Wingfoot Express Airship Disaster, Chicago 1919
Almost two decades before the disaster of the LZ 189 Hindenburg Zeppelin (1937), Chicago witnessed the horrific destruction of the...
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Herbert Wignall
Nov 22, 20213 min read
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, Medal of Honor Recipient
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919) was born on a farm in Oswego, New York in November 1832. She attended Syracuse Medical College,...
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Dana Rovang
Nov 22, 20212 min read
Bushnell's Turtle
The American Revolutionary War marked a period of great expansion in martime history. One of the most significant developments was the...
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Dana Rovang
Nov 22, 20212 min read
Kate Shelley and the Great Train Rescue of 1881
On 6 July 1881, a massive storm in Boone County, Iowa caused a flash flood. The flood washed out the support trestles for the train...
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