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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Widener maps bear the tales of adventurers and explorers as well as that of modern explorers. A colonial expedition led by Filson charted parts of Kentucky after George Clark quieted the Shawnee. The map displays Daniel Boone's comment: "an exceeding good performance." Another early American map, drawn by John Smith in 1614, locates and names Plymouth Rock six years before the Pilgrims "found...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: Pirates and Pioneers | 9/27/1955 | See Source »

Homework. In Oklahoma City, as Detective L. L. Filson took down the description of a fugitive on his home telephone, he glanced out the window and saw the fugitive walking by, stepped out the front door and arrested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 23, 1953 | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

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