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In 1859, 100,000 folks started the journey to the Pikes Peak goldfields, but only 50,000 completed the trip. An additional 25,000 soon gave up and ...
View full detailsOn January 10, 1901, near Beaumont, Texas, an unremarkable knoll of earth the world would soon call Spindletop shot a geyser of oil a hundred feet ...
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One of the major figures in American history, Andrew Carnegie was a ruthless businessman who made his fortune in the steel industry and ultimately ...
View full detailsWhat began as a fur-trading post grew into the second-largest city in Michigan, a center for industry and the arts. As "Furniture Capital of the Wo...
View full detailsThe Nutmeg State, the Constitution State, the Land of Steady Habits. For a state that some derisively claim is "no bigger than a postage stamp,” th...
View full detailsThink of Kentucky and there are several images which readily come to mind…Wildcat Basketball, blissful fields of bluegrass, crowds cheering thoroug...
View full detailsFrom the earliest rudimentary conveyances to the floating palaces of the present day, a period of 200 years, steamboats have carved out a very spec...
View full detailsHuntsville is an American city quintessentially founded upon change. From its birth to the present, Huntsville has consistently built and reshaped ...
View full detailsThe history of theater in New York is captured in the images of the Billy Rose Theatre Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing A...
View full detailsNative North Carolinians tend to learn the state toast (adopted by the General Assembly in 1957) in childhood. As with the state motto, Esse Quam V...
View full detailsThe largest island in the continental United States, Long Island comprises Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties. With a rich history that...
View full detailsAt the centennial of its founding by General Anthony Wayne in 1794, the city of Fort Wayne could boast prosperity and rapid growth as a leading ind...
View full detailsThe birthplace of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, Pennsylvania is steeped in history as deep as that of th...
View full detailsSyracuse was a city born in the early nineteenth century through the combination of a valuable natural resource, salt, and its fortunate position s...
View full detailsWhat began as a fur-trading post grew into the second-largest city in Michigan, a center for industry and the arts. As "Furniture Capital of the Wo...
View full detailsIn 1766, Moravian settlers, most having migrated to the Crown colony of North Carolina from Pennsylvania, established the town of Salem. Over eight...
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By the late nineteenth century, the city of Seattle was a vibrant cultural center of the West. Fueled by the lumber industry, the Klondike Gold Ru...
View full detailsAppalachia: The place and its people have long inspired a special fascination among travelers and commentators. The rugged, ecologically rich mount...
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West Virginia is a state of overwhelming beauty. Shared traditions, shared tragedies, and shared histories bind its people to the land and each oth...
View full detailsWith a selection of fine historic images from her bestselling book Historic Photos of Cincinnati, Linda Bailey provides a valuable and revealing hi...
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Think of Kentucky and several images come to mind: sports, bluegrass, Churchill Downs, and yes, bourbon. There is a sobering reality in that bourbo...
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Praise for Upton Sinclair and the other American Century "I look forward to all of Kevin Mattson's works of history and I've not been disappointe...
View full detailsDetroit is an American city quintessentially founded upon change. From its birth to the present, Detroit has consistently built and reshaped its ap...
View full detailsMinnesota’s past is defined by its remarkable natural resources, and shaped by its native peoples and early settlers. From the fur trade and the es...
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