This day in history – looking at the road America didn’t take

19th century US history is mostly a horror show, but it need not have been so.  As we are reminded by this, reposted from the always-interesting Today in History page of the History Channel’s website: —————– 12 November 1867:  U.S. reconsiders war with Plains Indians After more than a decade of ineffective military campaigns and …

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