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The Angola Train Wreck
A deadly train wreck brought tragedy to a western New York village—and gave John D. Rockefeller reason to be thankful.

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Gerald Ford's Near Miracle of 1976
Watergate, the Nixon pardon, the Reagan challenge, a sick economy and a debate debacle left the incumbent Ford in a huge hole—yet he nearly pulled off the greatest presidential election comeback in history.

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George Armstrong Custer: Changing Views of an American Legend
Although he was already a popular figure in his own time, the disaster that doomed George Armstrong Custer on the Little Bighorn forever secured his place in the American mind and mythology.

American History: The First Real Two-Party U.S. Presidential Election in 1796
When George Washington announced that he would retire from office, he set the stage for the nation's first two-party presidential campaign.

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