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America has always stripped the land of its original, Indigenous names. It's had surprising climate implications.

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Theodore Roosevelt modeled himself after Ulysses S. Grant. Franklin Roosevelt was a great admirer of his fifth cousin, ...

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"Abraham Lincoln had friends and relatives in California, including Santa Cruz," writes columnist Ross Eric Gibson. "A 13-year-old Charles H. Lincoln came to California from Maine in 1852 for the Gold ...

PERRY TWP. – The Perry History Club will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the Perry Police Department lower level, 622 Genoa Ave. SW.