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Was the USS Monitor the most revolutionary technological development of the American Civil War?

Amelia Earhart

A tomboy who defied early-20th-century conventions, Earhart successfully crusaded for women pilots' place in the sky.

AMERICA'S WEST

Nellie Cashman: Female Miner, Prospector and Philanthropist
Although known for her charity, Nellie Cashman was a dedicated and knowledgeable miner who searched the west for the "Big Bonanza."

Frontiersman Bill Gay

GOLD RUSH

A Lady's Life in the Gold Rush
From remote mining camps in northern California in the early 1850s, Louise ('Dame Shirley') Clapp wrote a series of vivid letters to her sister in New England.

	Klondike Gold Rush
	Sam Strong: Cripple Creek's Notorious Millionaire
	James Marshall: California's Gold Discoverer

AVIATION RACES

Aviation History: Schneider Trophy Race
Between 1913 and 1931, the Schneider Trophy race inspired some of aviation's greatest designers to devote their talents to building the world's fastest floatplane.

1930s National Air Races: Speed and Spectacle

AVIATION ADVENTURES

Arthur Goebel Jr.: Forgotten Golden Age Daredevil
A skillful transpacific flier, Hollywood stunt pilot and daring racer, Arthur Goebel Jr. seemed to thrive on danger.

	Moye Stephens: Aviation Pioneer and Adventurer
	Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr.: First to Fly Nonstop Across the Pacific

ARTIC EXPEDITION

Swedish-Led Artic Expedition in a Balloon Led to a Tragic End
It took 30 years to learn the fate of the first expedition to fly across the North Pole.

TRANSCONTINENTAL CAR RACE

First Transcontinental Car Race Crossed Oregon Trail
The journey across the United States was a pretty rough trip in 1905, but two motorized buckboards set out to navigate the Oregon Trail.

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