Looking Back: Fitz John Porter and the conflicts in Kansas and Utah
By 1855, Fitz John Porter could boast of several achievements. He had graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1845 near the top of his
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By 1855, Fitz John Porter could boast of several achievements. He had graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1845 near the top of his
A treaty negotiated more than 150 years ago between the Standing Rock and Oglala Sioux tribes at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, needs to be reviewed and enforced, particularly the section that called for a "Great Sioux Reservation" for the two tribes for their "absolute and undisturbed use and occupation," say the tribes.
Despite several high-profile pushes to change the name of Devils Tower, Wyoming Senate President Ogden Driskill — whose family has lived next to the national monument for nearly 150 years — says he’ll continue to fight to keep the name.
“Hau,” said Goose, in the Siouan custom. He shook hands with General George Armstrong Custer, and sat down. Custer looked every inch a soldier, except
With 2,600 troops, 80+ guns, and three warships ready to duke it out over a pig, cooler heads prevailed.