InThePastLane.com By Edward T. O’Donnell On August 23, 1861, Rose O’Neal Greenhow heard a knock at the front door of her fashionable Washington, DC home. Outside stood several secret service agents bearing papers … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2012
The Short and Violent Life of Billy the Kid
InThePastLane.com By Edward T. O'Donnell On August 17, 1877, young William Henry McCarty became a killer and outlaw. Attacked by a barroom bully in Arizona, the seventeen-year old killed the man with his pistol and … [Read more...]
The Young Republic in Peril: The Whiskey Rebellion
InThePastLane.com By Edward T. O'Donnell On August 7, 1794 President George Washington decided the time had come for action. Popular protest by farmers in western Pennsylvania against a new federal excise tax on whiskey … [Read more...]