#u-s-history — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #u-s-history, aggregated by home.social.
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My friend said he's going to read the Wikipedia articles of all the failed Vice Presidential candidates and I think that's a fantastic idea so I'm going to join him so we can talk about them and compare notes. Still working on my similar journey of reading up on every Canadian PM.
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Before oil ruled Montana, a cowboy roped a mountain lion on a creek near Winnett. Then in 1920, drillers struck liquid gold so pure it ran straight into Model T’s — for free. The boom created an entire county. Then it vanished. 23 million barrels later, barely 500 people remain.
Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/cat-creek-oilfield#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons
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He bribed senators, bought newspapers, and built a 131-room mansion with Robin Hood’s oak panels. William Andrews Clark turned Montana’s copper into one of history’s greatest fortunes — then tried to buy a U.S. Senate seat. The scandal changed the Constitution. Meet the Gilded Age’s most audacious scoundrel you’ve never heard of.
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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/william-andrews-clark#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons
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Deep in Montana’s Tobacco Root Mountains, dozens of gold veins were worked — then abandoned. Some ran dry. Others? Nobody knows. Add one Norwegian miner who sealed a rich vein out of spite and died before returning, and you’ve got a mystery backed by real geology and 160 years of unanswered questions.
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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/mysteries/legend-of-olys-gold#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons
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The Rise and Fall of Victoria Woodhull, the First Woman to Run for President
Victoria Woodhull rose to prominence during the Gilded Age as a colorful and controversial advocate for women’s rights—including the right to run for President.
https://www.thecollector.com/victoria-woodhull-first-woman-run-president/
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I was sitting in an Austin Starbucks last weekend, absorbed in the recently published "New Deal Art: Culture and Crisis in the Great Depression" by John P. Murphy.
"Hello." A smiling man was standing by my table. "I'm the author of the book you're reading."
What a delightful coincidence! We sat together and chatted for a while about the book, the thirties, and the exhibition of American modernist art at the UT Blanton Museum where he was going to be giving a talk.
Even though I was already planning to post a few thoughts on the book, the chance meeting has provided me with additional impetus.
#NewDealArt #AmericanArt #NewDeal #ArtHistory #JohnPMurphy #Coincidence #USHistory #20thCenturyArt #1930s #ChanceMeeting
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Unlocking Harvard's Ties to Slavery Through Descendant Research
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnmaV68L1BM #Slavery #HigherEd #USHistory
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Just described Watergate, whose world I frequently dip into seriously at least once a year in some form even if its just another rewatch of All the President's Men while reading Wiki article, as my "emotional support political scandal"
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The History Of New York’s Tenements, The City’s Run-Down Housing For Millions Of Impoverished Immigrants In The Early 20th Century
By Elisabeth Sherman
For decades, millions of people lived in New York City's tenements — which were notoriously cramped, dark, poorly maintained, and often became hotbeds of disease.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/new-york-tenements
Tenement in Brooklyn, NY, 1890
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On the night of July 3, 1901, a small band of outlaws stopped the Great Northern Coast Flyer near Wagner, Montana, and walked off with $40,000 in untraceable government bank notes. What followed — Pinkerton manhunts, arrests in four states, and a string of violent ends — was the final act of the Wild Bunch, America's most celebrated outlaw gang. Here's the real story.
Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/events/wagner-train-robbery#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons
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“A blue-tinted basin is more appropriate to a resort or theme park,” Birnbaum said in a statement.
…The foundation also cited #Trump’s other Washington construction projects, including his decision to tear down the White House’s #EastWing to build his #planned ballroom without first seeking authorization from #Congress or obtaining approval from federal review panels.
#law #landmark #preservation #UShistory #HandsOffOurProperty
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The foundation also wrote that the Commission of Fine Arts, a federal agency that advises on design projects related to the capital, has been involved with past changes to the #ReflectingPool but did not review the new #Trump project.
Charles A. Birnbaum, who heads the foundation, noted that the neutral colors originally used for the pool’s basin were intended to convey greater #depth & #reflection, which is now threatened by Trump’s changes.
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The Cultural Landscape Foundation, an education & advocacy organization, filed its lawsuit in the US District Court for DC. The group is seeking a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction to stop the #Interior Dept’s work, citing a provision of the National Historic Preservation Act that mandates reviews when changing #historic properties.
#law #landmark #preservation #UShistory #HandsOffOurProperty #Trump -
Nonprofit sues to stop Trump’s changes to Reflecting Pool, a #HistoricSite
A Washington-area nonprofit Monday asked a federal court to halt Trump’s efforts to resurface the #LincolnMemorial #ReflectingPool, saying that #Trump [once again] failed to undergo required federal reviews before applying a blue color to the basin.
#law #landmark #preservation #UShistory #HandsOffOurProperty
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/11/trump-reflecting-pool-lawsuit-memorial/ -
They started with 49 students, borrowed classrooms, and $5 in the bank. Skeptics said an “Indian college” was a bad idea. They were wrong. Salish Kootenai College rose from a Ronan schoolhouse to launch an actual satellite into orbit — and graduated more Native students than all of Montana’s colleges combined over 125 years. This is how they did it.
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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/institutions/salish-kootenai-college#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons
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Two ancient glacial boulders on Montana’s Hi-Line were sacred to a dozen Native nations for centuries. Then in 1932, a county decided to move them — and according to locals, the rocks weren’t happy about it. The story of the Sleeping Buffalo is part sacred history, part colonial land grab, and part Depression-era hustle. And it’s still unresolved.
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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/sleeping-buffalo#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons
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He came to Helena with a law degree and left it with a national reputation no copper king could tarnish. Thomas J. Walsh spent twenty years in the U.S. Senate fighting for farmers, workers, and the rule of law – and then brought down the most corrupt administration of the twentieth century. This is the story of Montana’s most consequential senator.
Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/thomas-j-walsh#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons
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A great day for a graduation!!
#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons
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Before Missoula existed, a tiny frontier outpost called Hell Gate Ronde witnessed gold rush outlaws, midnight hangings, and rumors of buried treasure that have never been found. Did Cyrus Skinner’s gang hide stolen gold near the gallows before the vigilantes arrived? The legend is older than Montana itself — and the ground has never given up its secrets.
Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/mysteries/hell-gate-ronde-treasure#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons
