Phantom oil wells, claims of reaching the North Pole. This was Fort Worth’s famous con man
In 1909, he claimed to be the first person to reach the North Pole, starting a bitter, long-running feud with Admiral Robert ...
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Admiral Peary committee weighs reserve fund
EBENSBURG — The Admiral Peary Area Vo-Tech Joint Operating Committee has an important decision to make next month as it considers whether to create a capital reserve fund balance for the ...
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Josephine Peary, First Lady Of The Arctic
Peary moved on from exploration and was promoted to Rear Admiral. He died in 1920 of pernicious anemia. Though Robert’s name is more likely to appear in the history books, Jo had a lot to do ...