United States History

The Northern Saloon in Tonopah, Nevada, was co-founded around 1902 by the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp.

190 years ago, on April 23, 1836, Santa Anna met with General Sam Houston to again negotiate for his freedom. Santa Anna dressed elegantly, while the shabby Houston lay prostrate on his cot, in great pain with a bandaged ankle. Sam asked Sec. of War Thomas J. Rusk to be present...See more

Mark Twain had a complicated but ultimately strongly critical view of war. Early in his life, he briefly joined a Confederate militia in 1861 at the start of the American Civil War, but he left after about two weeks. As he grew older, Twain became one of the most outspoken...See more

#UShistory #fiatcurrency #history Massachusetts 1690: The First Western Fiat Experiment • When the Massachusetts colony issued its own unredeemable paper money in 1690, it was with the promise that it would soon be redeemable in specie. It was a lie. https://mises.org/mises-wire/massachusetts-1690-first-western-fiat-experiment •

#UShistory Slavery Lasted in the Antebellum U.S. Because the Federal Government Protected It Because slavery would not have survived in a free market, it needed the federal government to socialize the costs to make it profitable. Secession, ironically, hastened the day when slavery was ended altogether. https://mises.org/mises-wire/slavery-lasted-antebellum-us-because-federal-government-protected-it