Nellie Bly was born as Elizabeth Cochrane on May 5th 1864 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Irish have settled in Pennsylvania since pre-American Revolution days. Many settled in the booming industrial town of Pittsburgh and worked in the iron and steel mills, the mines and the railroads.
Arthur, like Robin Hood, is a world famous hero whose deeds have been magnified by generations of storytellers who dearly believe that such a person existed. In fairness to most of them, it is quite probable that the character is based on an actual person, a Celtic King who once united his countrymen against the invading Saxons, a man of action, mystery, and romance who slew monsters and wicked giants, and who led the great struggle between good and evil, and won.
The American Wild West, a place that was vastly different from the Hollywood myth of today, one of the most famous stories that make up American History is that of General George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of Little Big Horn, which tells the story of how Custer led five companies of the 7th Cavalry against a combined force of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians on the 25th June 1876 in the valley of the Little Big Horn River, (known today as Last Stand Hill), when the brief fight was over, Custer, fourteen officers and 233 of his men lay dead.
