11 MARCH-25 MAY 1885 COLOMBIAN INTERVENTION As Prestan’s fires left 8,000 homeless in Colon, the rebellious Azipuru was stirring again on the Pacific side. Having initially been chased into the hills, Azipuru regained Panama City when Colombian troops crossed the isthmus Read More
16-31 MARCH 1885 PRESTAN’S UPRISING In the nineteenth century Panama was a province of Colombia. And in 1885, the Colombian populace became divided over the election of a conservative, Rafael Nunez, to the Presidency in Bogota. Localized political insurrections broke out, Read More
TODAY IN NAVAL HISTORY 24 OCTOBER-14 NOVEMBER 1995 THE LAST CRUISE OF DIXON At 1600 on the sunny Tuesday afternoon of 24 October 1995 the L.Y. Spear-class submarine tender USS DIXON (AS-37) cast off from middle pier at SubBase Point Read More
TODAY IN NAVAL HISTORY 10 OCTOBER 1913 THE PANAMA CANAL At 1401 this afternoon, in a media event, President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button in the Executive Building of downtown Washington DC. Two thousand miles to the south, dynamite charges Read More
19 JANUARY-12 MARCH 1854 LT STRAIN’S EXPEDITION (cont.) After six weeks of indescribable tribulation, with his men now unable to continue, LT Strain bedded his party and selected three of the strongest to accompany him further. On they pressed until finally Read More
19 JANUARY-12 MARCH 1854 LT STRAIN’S EXPEDITION In 1513, the Spanish explorer Balboa took 190 well-supplied troops and enlisted the aid of local natives as guides to make his famous march of discovery across Isthmus of Darien. Since, the concept of Read More