When colleges shut their doors to women, Augusta Jane Chapin found another path. In 1864, she broke ground as one of ...

Wilkinson’s shady deals threatened to split Kentucky’s independence movement and pull the territory away from the United ...

Pocatello led attacks on wagon trains near Snake River in southern Idaho on August 9-10, 1862, killing ten white men. His ...

Hawaii passed the Masters and Servants Act on June 21, 1850, creating a system close to slavery. The law let plantations ...

In 1914, James Deering was a man with a clock ticking. The rich bachelor had pernicious anemia and needed sun to live. So he ...

In May 1781, General Nathanael Greene brought 1,000 Patriot troops to Ninety Six, South Carolina. His goal? Take back a town held by 550 Loyalists behind walls up to 17 feet high. Greene put Polish ...

If you’re considering Arkansas, turn back now. Seriously—unless you enjoy hidden waterfalls, barbecue that could start family feuds, and neighbors who treat you like kin five minutes after meeting you ...