He escaped slavery by beating his master in a card game. Then spent 32 years as a U.S. Deputy Marshal, arresting over 3,000 outlaws in Indian Territory. He may have been the real Lone Ranger. You've probably never heard his name.
1876. Custer marched 210 men into a village of 7,000. An hour later, every man in his immediate command was dead. The Plains Wars' most stunning defeat.
1803. Napoleon needed cash. Jefferson had $15 million. The result? America doubled in size at four cents an acre. The greatest real estate deal ever made.
