Who Were the First Europeans to Reach the American West?
After the Renaissance, the Portuguese and the Spanish competed for discovery of the “New World.”
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Who Were the Anasazi and Where Are They Today?
Who were the Anasazi people? They were an ancient Native American people that settled in the southwestern part of the United States, in the area that’s now called the Four Corners. This means: the bottom corners of Utah and Colorado and the top corners of Arizona and New Mexico. Ancient? Archaeologists estimate that the culture…
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Was Butch Cassidy Real?
Was Butch Cassidy real? Yes, he was. The real person behind the name was: Robert Leroy Parker. Roy, as he was known when he was young, was born in Beaver, Utah, in April 1866. His father, Maximilian, had a small homestead property there. His parents converted to Mormonism in England and came to America in…
