Abraham Lincoln’s Opposition to the Mexican War
As a congressman, Abraham Lincoln was very unpopular. The main reason for this is that he strongly opposed the Mexican War, a popular conflict.
Abraham...
Henry Hudson Discovers Manhattan Island
Two years after Jamestown was established and 11 years before the Pilgrims landed, Hudson reached the estuary of the "north river" that now...
How the Civil War Changed America
Over 600,000 men died as a result of the American Civil War, although estimates by some researchers are higher. Four years of bloody warfare...
Newspapers of the Old West
Newspapers were considered a major sign that a western town became civilized. Everyone greeted the arrival of a printing press with great joy. People...
Serial Killer: Gary Michael Hilton – The Hiker Murderer
Hilton cut a plea deal with Georgia law enforcement for a life sentence in return for leading the police to Meredith Emerson's body in...
Henry Pelham, Paul Revere, and Drawing of Boston Massacre
Many people know that the famous silversmith made the etching of the bloody 1770 event. How many know Revere copied it from the...
Old West Female Outlaws – Prostitution in the West – Soiled Doves
Prostitution in the Old West
In the early days of Western settlement, women were scarce. Prostitution was not looked down upon. Lonely miners were glad...
Thomas Jefferson and the Consent of the Governed
Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, which was, and still is, one of the most radical political documents ever...
Impact of Slavery in America
Slavery affected not only slaves and the people who owned them, but those who were against slavery. Because the northern states had become more...
A Cold Case Murder in Nashville, Tennessee: Marcia Trimble
Marcia Trimble lived with her parents in an affluent Green Hills neighborhood approximately 10 miles south of Nashville. On Easter Sunday, thirty-three days after...