Nick Clifford was the last surviving worker from the team that carved the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
The Great Depression
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John Schnabel, an Alaskan gold miner and family patriarch on the reality TV show “Gold Rush,” has died, according to multiple news sources. He was 96. Schnabel, who owned a …
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Dale Carnegie defined success as getting what you want, and happiness as wanting what you get.
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Studs Terkel was known for his innate curiosity about people – all kinds of people doing all sorts of things – and for his interview style that elicited the most private thoughts …
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Roy Rogers was one of the most famous movie cowboys of them all…
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Patty Andrews was the last surviving member of The Andrews Sisters, the trio that delighted and motivated World War II soldiers, as well as the folks holding down the home …
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Here are 10 things you may (or may not) know about the Dust Bowl Troubadour, plus a few of our favorite Woody Guthrie songs.
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Burl Ives, born June 14, 1909, is best known today for his part as the snowman-narrator in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, but he also enjoyed a decades-long career as a …
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Son House was one of the great Delta bluesmen – but twice in his life, events almost conspired to keep his music from public ears…
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In honor of John Steinbeck’s birthday, we look at three classic movies that grew from his books.
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