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On Feb. 20, 1878, President Rutherford B. Hayes sent the name of New Yorker Michael Shaughnessy to the Senate for confirmation as the 11th U.S. marshal for Utah. His nomination was ratified on March 12. Shaughnessy, wife Eudora, daughters Eudora and Mary, and son Philip arrived March 21 in Salt Lake City, where he took office.
George W. Peck (1840-1916) moved to Wisconsin from New York in 1843 with his family to what now is known as Cold Spring. It is located north of Whitewater in
For centuries, prisoners have tried to outwit their guards and escape their confines. TREVOR LAFFAN recalls a few amazing attempts
Less than a month after enlisting in the 143rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in April 1864, Private Samuel R. Laphey, 18, was wounded during the…
Jacob Dieter told his wife to be patient, but he never made it home from the Civil War.