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A Murder, A "Brainstorm," and A Prison Break
“Allie Means Shot!” blared the front-page headline of The Gillette News. Understandably, the August 26, 1905 murder threw small town...
Justin Horn
May 11, 20235 min read
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Battle of the Bridges
Crossing the North Platte River on the Cheyenne and Sidney routes to the Black Hills “Lonesome” Charley Reynolds trudged through the...
Justin Horn
Jan 7, 202310 min read
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The Power of the M-1841 12-Pound Mountain Howitzer
During the summer of 2021, I had the privilege of working for the National Park Service at Fort Laramie National Historic Site (NHS) in...
Justin Horn
Jul 25, 20229 min read
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Four Parks in the Four Corners
Over the course of a week, I visited four sites in the Four Corners region: Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Mesa Verde...
Justin Horn
Mar 30, 20223 min read
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Ignition In Three, Two, One… We’ve Got Mail: The Story of Missile Mail
“Mail will be delivered within hours from New York to California, to England, to India, or to Australia by guided missiles.” - Postmaster...
Justin Horn
Jan 20, 20226 min read
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Space’s Lead Balloon: Echo I
In 1965, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke published Voices from the Sky which contained a tongue and cheek chapter titled “A Short...
Justin Horn
Jan 12, 20228 min read
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Merry Christmas to NASA
This Christmas, space nerds will wake up Christmas morning with giddy excitement. Not to open presents, well ok that may be part of it –...
Justin Horn
Dec 24, 20212 min read
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Awards of Dwight Eisenhower
Part 1: Pre-WWII Medals and awards have a long tradition, not just in the United States military, but in militaries around the world....
Justin Horn
Dec 21, 20216 min read
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