Meet some of the world's most-colorful characters in this collection. From Roman times to the Spanish Main, these individuals were famous in their own lifetimes and later, when their stories became the "stuff of legends."
William Barret Travis was the leader of regular-army rebels defending the Alamo in February of 1836. At that time, San Antonio was known as Beja...
This is the second page of the letter which William Barret Travis sent on February 24, 1836. It urgently requests reinforcements, to help the Al...
This is the last page of the letter which William Travis sent on the 24th of February, 1836. The handwriting is not his, since two additional in...
Image of the record documenting the appointment and oath of office of Wyatt Earp, on July 27, 1880, as Deputy Sheriff of Pima County. Among oth...
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