Escape Plan Under Indian Night Attack
Sergeant Hamlin and Molly McDonald endure a stagecoach siege as they plot a perilous retreat toward a river gulch. With Moylan dead and Gonzales slain, they aim to slip unseen at dawn along a gully to reach Dodge’s protections, trusting a deadly, suspenseful gamble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald
Fort Dodge
Molly
Brick’ Hamlin
McRonald
Fort Ripley
Dodge
Bee
Gonzales
Hamlin
Soldier Hauls Injured Woman Through Night Ambush
A sergeant carries an unconscious woman from a stage coach ambush into a moonless gully. He fights off attackers, settles the woman, and moves carefully through darkness toward safety, while arrows and gunfire echo in the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlin
Life's Purpose and Nero’s Claim in Beardsley Tale
A column discusses living for good and leaving a lasting moral monument, quoting Thomas Chalmers on virtue. It then recounts Aubrey Beardsley’s quip about Nero lighting “the first fires of Christianity,” from a Wilde dinner anecdote about religious impact and notoriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nero
Aubrey Beardsley
Oscar Wilde
Wilde
Beardsley
Mr. Wilde
Tom
Elizabethan Halls Stage Twelfth Night In London
The Middle Temple hall opened by Queen Elizabeth in 1576 hosted Twelfth Night on Christmas 1601, with a strong likelihood Shakespeare acted. Gray’s Inn also staged a 1594 Comedy of Errors, reflecting early Inns of Court patronage of drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Elizabeth
Granville Barker
London
Middle Temple
Shakespeare
Inns of Court
Hall of
Also Mentioned on This Page
R MC
M “Donald
A.c-Meclurg & CO
Chapter
Henry
Sham
Thomas Chalmers
Marion
N. E. Cor. Square
A. Starck
Wne
Rae
Starck Pianos
Chicago
P. A. Starck Piano CO
Starck
Eagle Dye
Ind
Dame Fortune
Endieleiey
AG Wall East
Emmate T Eosener
H. T
Hicago
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!