The author relied on personal diaries, newspaper clips, photographs and family trees to tell stories often lost in the wider ...

Across Illinois, once-bustling river ports and mining towns now sit silent, their fading buildings quietly preserving the stories of a forgotten past.

We're heading back in time to the 1800s to revisit the Seward family.William Henry Seward served as Governor, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State for Abraham L ...

Hewnoaks, an artist residency in western Maine, is about to embark on a fundraising journey that will shape, and ensure, its ...

America is readying to celebrate its 250th birthday and there’s no better time to get to know the history of the state of Nevada. Nevada officially became a part of the United States on Oct. 31, 1864 ...

Hewnoaks, an artist residency, is about to embark on a fundraising journey that will shape, and ensure, its future.

Few places along the Mississippi River tell America s story of belief as vividly as Quincy, the river city perched on the bluffs in the westernmost point of Illinois ...

People are also familiar with Gettysburg, where Abraham Lincoln gave one of his most notable speeches ... muskets, and swords from the 1800s. You'll also see original flags and uniforms from that time ...

President Abraham Lincoln reportedly loved to eat them for Thanksgiving ... That flavor combination was so strange that ...

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Carson said the values of the Hill Institute are those of the Texas Panhandle as well as those of America. The Hill Institute ...

From duels to broken friendships, these seven American political feuds show how ambition and personal grudges shaped the ...