Early Settlers in California Before 1850 California's history of human settlement predates European arrival by thousands of years....

The Deep West – Boomtown and Cities near the Southern Border The Life of Kit Carson: A Journey Through the American Frontier In the wild,...

The Kansas Frontier Colonel Henry Leavenworth’s Mission: Bring Stability to the Western Edge The year was 1827, and the Missouri River...

Zachary Taylor: The Reluctant Hero Who Became a President In the humid Kentucky summer of 1784, a child was born to Richard and Sarah...

The Mormon Pioneers and Other Religious Pioneers A Boy’s Sacrifice to Save Others The message had come to Salt Lake City like a whisper...

The Golden Discovery: Sutter's Mill and the Spark of a Nation It was a crisp January morning in 1848 when James Marshall, a carpenter,...

The Mexican-American War: A Clash of Ambitions and Ideologies The Mexican-American War (1846–1848) was a pivotal conflict shaped by...

The Life of James K. Polk: A Story of Determined Ambition In the rolling hills of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on November 2,...

The Whitman Missionaries: Pioneers of the Oregon Trail (True Story) In the early 19th century, the Oregon Territory stood at the edge of...

The Unlikely Path of Senator Henry Johnson: The Power of One Vote… In the heated political landscape of 19th-century America, where power...