U.S. History
What Were Wild West Saloons Really Like?
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Anyone who's frequented the movies or spent time in front of a TV over the past 70 years probably has a deeply embedded idea of what the inside of a typical Wild West saloon looked like. After all, it's a setting where countless swaggering sheriffs and perhaps an antihero with no name have breezed through swinging doors to encounter shifty-looking cowboys playing cards and a piano player banging out a jaunty tune from the corner before the place inevitably gets upended by a shootout or furniture-smashing brawl. Of course, Hollywood is notorious for playing up ...Read More
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U.S. HistoryArticle06 Jobs That Paid More in the Past
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U.S. HistoryArticle0What My Life Would Have Cost in 1950
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U.S. HistoryArticle13What Did People Keep in Their Medicine Cabinets in the 1950s?
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U.S. HistoryFact21There are presidential M&M’s that are given out to guests.
Flying on Air Force One would be memorable for a lot of reasons, not least of which is the opportunity to procure a box of presidential M&M’s. The candies come…
