American Heritage Center

Bill Mauldin’s cartoons, published in The Stars and Stripes, were a grim and gritty portrayal of a typical American G.I. in World War II.

Members of the British aristocracy played a significant role in the development of cattle ranching in the U.S.

Redstone, Colorado, called the “Ruby of the Rockies” was a company town built by industrialist J.C. Osgood in 1902.

May Preston Slosson was the first woman to receive a doctoral degree in Philosophy from Cornell University and the first female prison chaplain in the U.S.

The 1950 Schuman Plan, proposed by France, created a common market for coal and streel produced by France and West Germany.

Thyra Thomson’s “Watching Washington” column was published in Wyoming newspapers in the 1950s. In it she reported on interesting tidbits of information about happenings in Washington D.C.

Herbert Oliver Brayer captured his observations on American occupied Germany in a 1946 letter home.

National Park Service veteran Arthur E. Demaray wrote about animal encounters in Yellowstone National Park in the early 20th century.

David Brown’s film company delivered blockbusters like the record-smashing film Jaws.

Playwright, screen writer, and author George Zuckerman had great success in the 1950s and 60s, earning credits in seventeen movies and writing novels and plays.