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Indian Territory participated in at least two world fairs before statehood. The first was the 1893 World’s Fair held in Chicago. Known officially as the Columbian Exposition (it commemorated the

A truck crashed into Chicago's Andrew Rafacz Gallery, damaging its building and destroying a sculpture.

In the previous issue of Jeweller, we discussed the legacy of René-Just Haüy, the father of modern crystallography.

June 21, 1933

We debunk one myth about each state in the U.S., from the Rocky Mountain not-so-high of Colorado to New Mexico. That’s right, New Mexico.

Rebecca Ann Felton, née Rebecca Ann Latimer, (born June 10, 1835, near Decatur, Ga., U.S.—died Jan. 24, 1930, Atlanta, Ga.), American political activist, writer, and lecturer, the first woman seated in the U.S. Senate. Rebecca Latimer was graduated first in her class from the Madison Female College, Madison, Georgia, in 1852 and the following year married William H. Felton, a local physician active in liberal Democratic politics. She assisted her husband in his political career (as a U.S. co...

A look at this often-underrated yet highly interesting series   By Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) ......   For anyone

Green River Star - Courtesy photo from the Sweetwater County Historical Museum The Rock Springs Dragon, left, circa 1900, and his "brother" Loong, at right, both made at the same workshop in China in the early 1890s. Loong now lives in stately retirement at the Golden Dragon Museum in Bendigo, Australia. The Golden Dragon Museum (at www.goldendragonmuseum.com ) is home to a total of eight Chinese parade dragons. The Sweetwater County Historical Museum in Green River recently discovered that it...