Nathan Hale is Hanged for Spying – 1776
This Patriot and Yale graduate risked death penalty to do surveillance for George Washington. Did he say "I only regret that I have but...
The Murder of Lloyd Magruder: The Western Gold Rush Made Thieves and Murderers Out...
Lloyd Magruder 's pack train left Lewiston, Idaho to supply the gold camps of western Montana. He met with an untimely end when outlaws...
Elijah Elliot’s Lost Wagon Train
Elijah Elliot promised a wagon train of 1,000 men and women that his route to Oregon would save them time and energy. He actually...
William Shaler: Early American Intelligence Agent in Spanish America
Appointed by the Administration of James Madison as an intelligence agent, William Shaler was involved in the 1812 invasion of Spanish Texas.
William Shaler, Early...
Battle of Little Bighorn: 43 – The Gathering
When, on May 17, 1876, the 7th Cavalry left Fort Abraham Lincoln no one had a correct idea of how many hostile Indians were...
Franklin the Printer and More
In Philadelphia he set up his press, and printed pamphlets, paper, and of course his famous Poor Richard's Almanac.
A Young Ben Franklin first arrived...
Snoqualmie Pass Becomes a Road
As soon as people settled in Puget Sound, they knew their needs could not be filled by goods found on the coast. They needed...
Indentured Servants – Settling Early America
In the early years, Britain's American Colonies were an extension of the British labor markets of the time.
In the time after the colonies were...
Omaha’s Courthouse Riot of 1919
Racial bigotry, yellow journalism, and machine politics were factors that led to the Douglas County Courthouse riot.
On the evening of September 25, 1919, a...
Tom Dennison, Omaha Political Boss
Born in Iowa in 1858 of Irish immigrant parents and moving to Nebraska at the age of two, Tom Dennison left home while in...