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The day Thomas Hart Benton gunned down a political rival at Bloody Island

On Sept. 27, 1817, on Bloody Island in the Mississippi River across from St. Louis, Thomas Hart Benton felled a political foe with his pistol.

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Remembering Robert E Lee

Forbearance is a moral principle from which General Robert E. Lee rarely if ever wavered, and his unflinching practice of that virtue is the primary reason that he should be remembered today.

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In 1811, a great earthquake rocked territorial St Louis, but nobody knew the epicenter

In 1811, a great earthquake rocked territorial St Louis, but nobody knew the epicenter
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