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When President Warren G. Harding died in office in 1923, the nation turned out in mourning.
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Lieutenant Colonel R.S. Hartz and a crew of five Army aviators flew “Around the Rim” of the U.S. in 1919 to promote commercial aviation.
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In Vietnam in 1968, Bonnie and Clyde, two elephants trained to haul logs, were moved 170 miles by air in a Green Beret coordinated effort known as “Operation Bahroom”. Villagers in Tra Bong used the elephants to transport timber to their community sawmill.
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Henry Sinclair Drago’s book Notorious Ladies of the Frontier chronicled the life and times of more than a dozen women who were famous and infamous across the West.
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W. Dillard “Pic” Walker was named an “Elder Statesman of Aviation” by the National Aeronautic Association in 1992. The award capped a 40-year career as a pilot and aviation pioneer.
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Although he wasn’t from the West, author and screenwriter Henry Sinclair Drago penned more than one hundred Westerns.
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“Shark Sense”, an educational manual prepared by the Aviation Training Division of the U.S. Navy, sought to dispel myths about sharks and reassure aviators training for the possibility of being adrift in shark-infested waters.
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In 1927, members of the Lander Chamber of Commerce launched a campaign to attract new businesses and residents to the area.
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Glenn A. Conner was a Wyoming cowboy who documented the experiences of his youth in “Memoirs of a Tumbleweed”.
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In 1935 the Oregon Trail Memorial Association sponsored a re-run of the Pony Express. Boy Scouts made the ride, with each rider travelling ten miles.
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John D. MacArthur came from humble beginnings, but by the time of his death in 1978 he had parlayed his insurance and real estate businesses into an empire worth billions.