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    Judge Roy Bean and The Law West of the Pecos in Langtry, Texas

    by Malcolm Logan December 4, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan December 4, 2021

    The story doesn’t record what time of the year it was but you can bet…

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    Not the Right People: Ethnic Cleansing in the Texas Borderlands

    by Malcolm Logan November 20, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan November 20, 2021

    In the median strip of I-69 outside of San Benito, TX a historical marker few…

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  • LouisianaThe South

    A Night at the Myrtles Plantation, the Most Haunted House in America

    by Malcolm Logan October 30, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan October 30, 2021

    When people take precautions to ward off evil spirits they’re either paranoid for no apparent…

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  • MississippiThe SouthUncategorized

    A Place of Quiet Contemplation: Driving the Natchez Trace Scenic Parkway

    by Malcolm Logan October 23, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan October 23, 2021

    In the beginning, several thousand years ago, the Natchez Trace was just that—a trace, a…

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  • MississippiThe South

    Understanding Backwards: Coming to Terms with the Past in Oxford, Mississippi

    by Malcolm Logan October 16, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan October 16, 2021

    “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” That quote by…

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  • The MidwestWisconsin

    Hell on Earth: The Forgotten Firestorm of Peshtigo, Wisconsin

    by Malcolm Logan September 11, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan September 11, 2021

    On the night of October 9th, 1871 sailors on the deck of the schooner C.I.…

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  • MassachusettsThe East

    The Memory Holes: Debunking the Myths Surrounding the Pilgrims in Plymouth, MA

    by Malcolm Logan June 26, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan June 26, 2021

    It was idealism that motivated them, idealism and a self-righteous belief in their own rectitude.…

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  • MassachusettsThe East

    Losing Nantucket: How Massachusetts’ Iconic Whaling Port is Being Slowly Hunted to Extinction

    by Malcolm Logan June 19, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan June 19, 2021

    Nantucket is under threat. Like a humpback whale pursued by a skillful harpooner, the charming…

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  • New JerseyThe East

    Ghost Towns of New Jersey

    by Malcolm Logan May 22, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan May 22, 2021

    When I first learned of the ghost towns of New Jersey, I could hardly believe…

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  • CaliforniaThe West Coast

    Burned: The Fire that Destroyed Paradise and the Company That Caused It

    by Malcolm Logan February 13, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan February 13, 2021

    Sometime during the night of November 7th, 2018 the winds shifted over the Sierra Nevada.…

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