Major (Count) Charles C. De Rudio, U.S.A. (Ret.), Italian by birth and American by adoption, "gave his youth to the cause of Italian liberty and spent thirty-two years of unblemished service in the United States Army." As a teenager, De Rudio was one of n
Major (Count) Charles C. De Rudio, U.S.A. (Ret.), Italian by birth and American by adoption, "gave his youth to the cause of Italian liberty and spent...
Readers are invited to relive an era when riding a transcontinental train was a momentous experience. The Jarrett Palmer Express of 1876 is said to be "the most important American train journey of the nineteenth century." Not only did it require enormous
Readers are invited to relive an era when riding a transcontinental train was a momentous experience. The Jarrett Palmer Express of 1876 is said to be...
In 1828, Abe Lincoln, a gangling eighteen year old Hoosier farm boy, made the first of two 2,500 mile journeys down and up the Mississippi River, which he undertook at no small risk to life and limb. The youth marveled at the hazards of navigation, the st
In 1828, Abe Lincoln, a gangling eighteen year old Hoosier farm boy, made the first of two 2,500 mile journeys down and up the Mississippi River, whic...
