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Sam Houston State University history Professor Benjamin Park chronicled the founding of Nauvoo, Illinois, by Mormon leader Joseph Smith in 1839.

Jim DeFelice provided a history of the Pony Express, founded by three businessmen prior to the Civil War, which used a collection of riders to deliver a letter across the country in ten…

Mark Feldstein examines the feud between President Richard Nixon and investigative journalist Jack Anderson, a harsh critic of the president throughout his career. Mr. Feldstein recounts Jack…

Sally Denton read from her book Passion and Principle: John and Jessie Fremont, the Couple Whose Power, Politics, and Love Shaped Nineteenth-Century America, published by Bloomsbury USA.…

Mr. Ostling talked about his book, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise, published by Harper. He talked about the wealth, and leadership structure of the church. He also gave an…