the first television event in nearly 40 years to present a comprehensive telling of America’s history. Elaborate, ambitious and cinematic, America The Story of Us will take you into the moments when Americans harnessed technology to advance human progress, from the rigors of linking the continent...
According to the tale, the beauty of their surroundings was so captivating that they established a homestead on the site during the Great Depression, extending hospitality to Mormon travelers journeying along the adjacent Honeymoon Trail to the temple in St. George, Utah, for the sanctification of...
Milwaukee Road boxcab set E34 is seen here at work in the yard at Butte, Montana during the winter of 1958. American-Rails.com collection.As work progressed westward, rails reached Waukesha (20 miles) on February 25, 1851. Another gala was held to mark this event although the railroad ...
On his 1499 voyage to the West Indies, Vespucci is also said to have found the Southern Cross, an event shown here. (Image credit: Getty/ Photos.com) "Amerigo Vespucci took at least three voyages westward," said Cosme. There is some controversy among historians about when Vespucci set sail...
After investigations by generations of scholars, the case of the prehistoric human adventure in the deserts of North America has emerged as a rich, if largely unresolved detective story, complete with abundant and often puzzling clues, no living witnesse
the early days of spring atSt. Joseph,Missouri, we joined one of the first caravans of emigrants going westward over the OldOregon Trail. Traveling over the wonderful prairies and through the rich valleys of easternKansas, we had our ideas of theGreat American Desertrudely but pleasantly ...
As more Central and South Europeans joined the westward population flow in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the effi- ciency of the melting pot slowed noticeably and public alarm led to the enactment of a series of restrictive immigration laws. But it was only after World War II that we ...
As this Islamic empire began to disintegrate, the Jews began their flight westward to Spain. Despite many problems and conflicts in places where Christians are a suffering minority in an Islamic society especially in war zones like Iraq, what you never read about are the stories of the simple ...
The river wound at his feet in devious57 channels among islands bordered with lofty trees; then, far on the left, flowed calmly westward58 through the vast meadows, till its glimmering59 blue ribbon was lost in hazy60 distance. There had been a time, and that not remote, when these fair...
So, I ventured westward, over an icy reef, beyond nesting kelp gulls… where I spotted an opportunistic leopard seal lying in wait… for unsuspecting dinner guests, yet every penguin on Brown Bluff had reservations elsewhere. Had our continental landing marked the end of our dramatic voyage, I...