The first earnest attempt to explore the valley of the upper Yellowstone was made in 1859, by Colonel Raynolds, of the Corps of Engineers. His expe...

Keeping people warm for four centuries, wool has been an essential commodity from colonial times to the present. Wool's colorful and surprisingly e...

Fisher Ames was a leading New England Federalist and sublime critic of Jacobin Democracy and the French Revolution. During the presidency of George...

The questions of where to locate, in whose hands to place, and how to exercise the state’s powers of deadly military force inform a perennial topic...

The questions of where to locate, in whose hands to place, and how to exercise the state’s powers of deadly military force inform a perennial topic...

In his new series: 'Wild West Heroes and Rogues', Marshall Trimble recounts the mystique surrounding the lives of the famous and not-so-famous West...

During the second half of the 19th century, thousands of Chinese men arrived on the west coast of North America, seeking to escape poverty and make...