Thomas Jefferson helped write the Declaration of Independence, but he wasn’t happy with the final product. Why was Jefferson grinding his teeth and not talking to his fellow delegates?

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Thomas Jefferson took an important role in writing our declaration of independence, but most people don’t know he wasn’t even supposed to be in Philadelphia for meeting that drafted the document…

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It’s a sate park like none other - a place where your entrance fee allows you the chance to find something far more valuable that what you paid to get in…and many think is a fun way to spend a few hours or a few days with family...

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When you think of state where you can find volcanoes you probably aren’t thinking of this spot. However, it’s this place that started a diamond rush in the early 20th century...

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The Arkansas state license plate has a picture of a diamond on it. That is mostly due to a famous crater that was full of the precious stones – a place with quite a past and present...

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It remains the worth disaster in U.S. maritime history. Add to the tragedy the fact that many of the dead were young soldiers being transported back to their homes in April 1865 at the end of the Civil War...

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It was the early morning hours of April 27th, 1865. The steamboat Sultana was overcrowded, bearing a load of souls over five times it’s capacity. Then tragedy struck...

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As the Civil War drew to a close in April of 1865, there was a massive job to return prisoners of war back to their homes. Those trips were marked by triumph and tragedy...

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