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Cyrus Vance (l), Stephen Ailes, Elvis Stahr Jr. (r)

November 12, 2020 Politics / West Virginia

Vance, Ailes, and Stahr bore witness to some of the most pivotal events in American history

At times, they were only bystanders. At other times, they were direct participants in decisions that often weighed life-or-death stakes on a grand scale.

Rachel Findlay, slave, won her freedom by suing Virginia. Twice.

It was illegal to enslave Native Americans in colonial VA. Rachel Findlay knew that, sued, & won her freedom. But then her life took a turn.

November 7, 2019 Festivals & parades / Kentucky / Politics

Kentucky politicos bought votes with gingerbread

Plenty of Knotts County, KY politicians bought gingerbread cakes from elderly women and distributed them to people hoping to gain extra votes.

September 26, 2019 Cherokee Nation / Politics

Bloody Fellow – Cherokee diplomacy in a time of war (part 2 of 2)

The Cherokee war council meets in Willstown. Bloody Fellow is conscripted to write a deceptive letter to TN Gov. William Blount.

letter from The Bloody Fellow in Lookout Mountain to Governor William Blount

September 25, 2019 Cherokee Nation / Creek nation / Politics / Tennessee

Bloody Fellow – Cherokee diplomacy in a time of war (part 1 of 2)

In the early 1790s the Cherokee nation was still strong enough to pose a serious threat to the newly emerging state of Tennessee.

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