The Lone Prairie
Lone? You mean, as in “Lonely?” Come and I’ll show you that the prairie is anything but lonely. No, we are not going to...
The Florida Keys: The Years Before Europeans
The Florida Keys, an archipelago of 1700 islands that covers 137.3 miles, begins at the southeastern part of the Florida peninsula, approximately fifteen miles...
Inaugural Absences
Everyone is familiar with the pomp and ceremony of a presidential inauguration. The procedures and traditions involved are well known. One of the seemingly...
The Dream that Foretold of Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
As Easter approached in April, 1865, Abraham Lincoln had much to feel good about. America’s bloody Civil War was finally coming to an end...
The Dragon Lady Conquers America, Part 1
Cornell Newton Shelton, known as C.N., stood freezing in the pre-dawn darkness of Chengtu, China. Shelton, an American bush pilot, preferred jockeying planes around...
The Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh: An Indian Commune in Oregon
This self-proclaimed prophet came to the U.S. from India and formed a colony he called Rajneeshpuram in the central Oregon desert near the town...
Rum Romanism and Rebellion
In a hotly contested, close presidential election, James Blaine lost the crucial swing state of New York due to three words used days before...
Housing Practices in the 1950s
The economic climate in the postwar period was conducive to helping people realize the dream of homeownership.
During World War II the unemployment rate sharply...
National Historic Landmarks Post World War II
Project 66 reinstated the National Survey of Historic Sites and Places, and established National Historic Sites and the National Register of Historic Places.
Until World...
Supreme Court Protects Big Business in the Gilded Age
With the start of the Hayes administration and the ending of Reconstruction in 1877, profound changes were transforming America from a predominantly rural society...