Gordo, the comic strip character featured in newspapers for 44 years, was created by artist Gus Arriola (1917-2008). In the cartoon, Gordo started out as a bean farmer in Mexico, […]
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How many innovative and important women from the late 19th and early 20th century remain in the shadows of history?
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Governor (Jose Antonio) Romualdo Pacheco, Jr. (1831-1899) American politician and diplomat Only Hispanic (thus far) to serve as Governor of California First Hispanic representative of a state in Congress (Hispanics
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Numerous efforts have been made over the years to locate where Amelia Earhart’s plane went down on July 2, 1937. But few people to day know how very seriously the
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George Washington was said to have been a man who loved dogs and owned many. He was an avid hunter, and most of his dogs were hunting dogs. The Marquis
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The Democratic National Convention, Denver 1908: Heightened Security in 1908 Equaled Sixteen Extra Officers (and Some Help from Tammany)
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