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This was not simply a submarine. This was an underwater aircraft carrier!

Little was known about the navigability of the Colorado River above Fort Yuma until 1858 when Captain George Johnson took his steamboat, a side-wheeler dubbed the General Jessup upstream from Fort Yuma.

TrueTrophies is proud to present The Uncharted Compendium — a history of the series from A to Z, complete with awards, rankings, and your memories. The fifth chapter takes us to the last of Drakes tales — A Thiefs End.

The Valencia was a 252’ long passenger steamer. It was on is way to Seattle when it ran aground southeast of Bamfield, B.C., on Jan. 22, 1906. 

Growing concern over the independence of the Mormons in Utah caused Congress to appropriate some $75,000 to explore the possibilities of navigating the Colorado River far up the river

>> kyung, thats so heartbreaking. and when you said they, i was wondering who was with her, if she was trying to call her parents and family and to hear she was in her mothers arms, i cant imagine what her mother is going through now. i know youre a mother, kyung. joining me now is ron johnson also the incident commander in ferguson during the unrest after the shooting of michael brown. im glad your here. captain johnson, this story is unbelievably sad to hear about the bullet skipping off on ...

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Hero. >> reporter: ron hailey is the attorney for ronald greenes family and is also one of cavaliers co-counsels. >> he is doing this because he feels like this is the right thing, that he feels that the oath that he swore when he became a louisiana state trooper, that he is still upholding that oath by putting the public before himself, by putting the public even before his department in the name of making that department better. >> reporter: the troopers involved in ronald greenes arrest have ...

Is still up holding that oath by putting the public before himself, by putting the public even before his department in the name of making that department better. >> reporter: the troopers involved in ronald greens arrest have been disciplined but so far none of them have been charged. trooper cavalier says he hopes his coming forward leads to a federal consent decree on the louisiana state police. to ronald greens mother, he says on behalf of the state police hes extremely sorry for what happen...

Way that he did. you know, someone who say well he could have done something different, but i dont think theres any right way when youre coming forward with something that you see as a wrong. >> ronald greene is another incident where the body cam footage finally leaked out to the public, and it tells a very different story than the original story, right, and whatsss in the original repo. do cases like this erode the trust between law enforcement and the communities theyre supposed to serve? >> ...