Tales of WW2… How a homeless vagrant corpse contributed to the British war effort In 1939, British intelligence wrote a memo popularly known as “the Trout memo”, about how to deceive the enemy. It said in part: “The memo reads, … Continued
Tales of the Old West In the mid seventeenth century, a large group of Native Americans began a westward migration. The exact reason for the move is not known – some say it was to escape pressure from the Europeans … Continued
John Letterman was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, son of a surgeon. He quickly followed in his father’s footsteps, graduating from Jefferson Medical College in 1849. He joined the Army as an assistant surgeon and served in Florida during the Seminole … Continued
John’s reputation grew, rivaling the legendary cattle king Chisum. A few years after the Gunfight at the OK Corral, men from Tombstone came and asked him to run for sheriff. The Clantons were still there, the pay was low, and the risks were high. But the townspeople were desperate – the town was more lawless than it had ever been. In 1886, John became sheriff of Cochise County
In the following excerpt, Julia, sister of Will Crump, and now running the Ohio Zephyr steamship company, does her part for the Underground Railroad at the urging of her younger sister, Albinia. This is based upon an actual incident. After … Continued
Dora Hand( (c. 1843 – October 4, 1878) Tales of the Old West Dora was talented and beautiful. Born in 1843 in Boston, she had a musical education in Europe and sang opera in New York. There’s some doubt historically … Continued
Maggie Lena Walker (July 15, 1864 – December 15, 1934) was born just after the end of the Civil War. She was the first female bank president in the United States. Her mother was one of the emancipated slaves in … Continued
Kate Cumming was a proper Southern belle but bridled at the strictures placed upon women of her time, when nursing was not considered a respectable occupation for a woman. Kate was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1830. Her family emigrated … Continued
Hannah Anderson Chandler was born on June 13, 1809, in New Gloucester, Maine. Hannah’s father was a wealthy attorney. She received an unusually good education for the times and learned from her parents that women were the equals of men. … Continued
During the early part of the Civil War, the Union was more particular about their nurses, and preferred males. After the First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run), they began taking almost anyone willing to work. Many society women on both … Continued