Project on my part. I was happy to see it reach print. Mong the most notable realities, tom horn occupies a prominent place. Throughout the last quarter of century, he participated in many dangerous ctivity, as cowhand, minor, indian fighter, law man, and detective. Survive. Ed to while wild west aficionados do an equal as horn such notables as wyattern and kidd, he runs them close second. And hes been the subject of articles, books, and hollywood movies. Oday you can buy tom horn tshirts. In one area, horn stands out bove all other western characters. Is controversial death by hanging. Hangin hanging. Missouri in in 1850. He coincided with the civil war were very called difficult times. His parents, devout flowers of of christ, imposed a strict code in the home, prompting young tom to leave the mid 1870s. Westward working at odd jobs and became a cow drives on texas cattle to dodge city, kansas. Fortune he sought his in the booming camp of ledville, colorado. Hen he failed to prosper,
Hosted by the White House Historical association, u. S. Capitol Historical Society and James Madisons montpelier. Next andrew lambert, author of challenge, brittain against america in the naval war of 1812. This is 45 minutes. My name is stewart mcwarren and im the president of the White House Historical association where we are privileged to convene today for this significant event. Were honored to have with us today two members of the board of directors of the White House Historical association, the honorable ann stock and mr. Nide kiplinger. Were also honored to have with us mr. William alman whos the curator of the white house. This commemorates the bicentennial of one of americas most critical yet overlooked conflicts. With the gathering of these extraordinary scholars and experts in the history field, the next two days are sure to educate, inspire and enhance our understanding of the war of 1812. The White House Historical associations mission echos the goal of echoing the public
Indeed less dangerous to their interests. The continental system, not this continent but the european continent, was beginning to destroy the economies of other european states. Napoleon protected france from the economic war by asset stripping all of the conquered territories. First country to rebel would be russia, napoleons only serious ally, and a Major Trading nation with a big export trade geared towards supplying the british market. Inside the continental system from 1807 to 1811 russia saw their economy collapse. Being part of napoleons team was very bad for your business. In 1811 the czar of russia, alexander, realized that if he carried on like this his country would be bankrupt and he would follow his father to an early grave. The last time russia had made war on brittain the czar was murdered and they changed the government. Basically most of the landowners in russia relied on selling goods to the british to pay their bills. So the czar decided that bankruptcy and debt was
Greene talks about his book, american carnage, wounded knee, 1890. It looks at the south dakota massacre, the causes and the aftermath. He recounts worst hand firsthand recollections from lakota indians about the day in which the u. S. Cavalry fired on their camp. Killing about the kansas city 300. Public library hosted this program. How many of you have heard of wounded knee . I suspect virtually everyone has. It is probably, next to the battle of little big warned, the one armyindian and counter most people ive heard of. My knowledge comes from high school, junior high school. I grew up in new york state. I remember reading in the magazines of the day, this is way back in 1958, 59, probably most of you were not even around then. I remember reading in the pulp magazines of the day that provided fodder for my interests. I know they each carried articles on wounded knee. I remember asking my grandmother, who was born in 1881, she was a young girl, nine years old when wounded knee occurr
Battle of little big horn, the one armyindian encounter most people have heard of. My knowledge comes from high school, junior high school. I grew up in new york state. I remember reading in the magazines of the day, this is way back in 1958, 1959, probably most of you were not even around then. I remember reading in true west, frontier times, the pulp magazines of the day that provided fodder for my interests. I know they each carried articles on wounded knee. I remember asking my grandmother, who was born in 1881, she was a young girl, nine years old when wounded knee occurred, and about 1958, 59 i approached her and i can remember being in the room him in the house and i asked her if she remembered anything about hearing about wounded knee. I believe she told me that she thought vaguely that it sounded familiar to her. But that was a long time ago and she was an old lady. My first visit to the site came in 1969 when i was a graduate student at the university of south dakota. Wounded