Black Watch: Royal Highlanders The Black Watch regiment is a storied unit within the Scottish military, dating back to the early 18th century. The origin of the Black Watch is similarly steeped in history, with a long lineage of skilled marksmen dating back centuries. Following the Jacobite Rebellion, loyalists of the Highland clans of…
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Two Rode Together
Oliver Loving and Charles Goodnight made history in 1866, and 120 years later Larry McMurtry made them legends The story of Loving and Goodnight influenced Texas Western writer Larry McMurtry to write one of the most authentic and influential western saga’s of our time, Lonesome Dove.
Requiem for a Culture, Part 5: The Graves of the Ancestors
Requiem for a Culture, Part 5: The Graves of the Ancestors This is the fifth essay in an occasional series. Previously: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” — William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun, Act I, Scene III (page 80 in the Vintage paperback edition)
Obscure American History: The Legend of the Moon-Eyed People
The Legend of the Moon-Eyed People According to formulations of Cherokee legend as told by historians, the Cherokee in Appalachia–before the arrival of colonists–expelled a race of small, bearded people who could only see by night. Some historians claim that the legend states that the Moon Eyed people were white. This is likely an…
Remembering Waco Thirty Years Later
Remembering Waco Thirty Years Later 30 years ago today, the ATF raided the Branch Davidians’ church/home on a bullshit gun warrant. They murdered 6 innocent people and lost 4 of their own to defensive fire. 51 days later Bill Clinton sent the FBI Hostage Rescue Team and Delta Force to finish them off. I highly…
What If Rhodesia Survived? | Alternate History
For all you fellow History Nerds.
National Divorce—Or State Divorce? Immigration Has Made One The Other Inevitable
National Divorce—Or State Divorce? Immigration Has Made One The Other Inevitable Secession, successful and unsuccessful, has a long history in the U.S. The U.S. itself, after all, separated from Great Britain. Vermont separated from New Hampshire, New York and Quebec, Maine separated from Massachusetts, and the Republic of Texas separated from Mexico and joined the United States on terms that arguably allowed Texas…
Minuteman vs. Jäger: A Tale of Two Paradigms
Hugo Jaeger WW2 Color Photo Collection
H/T Inch High Guy Invasion of Poland 1939 Color Photographs, Hugo Jaeger Collection Part I French Armor Color Photographs, Hugo Jaeger Collection Part II Dunkirk Color Photographs, Hugo Jaeger Collection Part III Invasion of Holland and Belgium Color Photographs, Hugo Jaeger Collection Part IV Invasion of Holland and Belgium Color…
Know Your White History: Were Vikings in South America Over 400 Years Before Columbus?
Were Vikings in South America Over 400 Years Before Columbus? Here is presented the widely dismissed account that probably sometime in the mid-11th century, Danish Vikings from Schleswig and the Danelaw (as ascertained from runic rock inscriptions) arrived at Santos in Brazil and proceeded inland to Paraguay. From a fortified hill near the Brazilian border, they…