Moving with a Conestoga or prairie wagon
Learn more about the start of a large migration of Anglo-Saxon pioneers at the end of the War of 1812.
Foolhardy Custer longed for a feat of valor
Learn more about the Battle of the Little Bighorn and Col. George A. Custer.
Johnny Appleseed was a steward of the earth
“Johnny Appleseed” entered the pages of American folklore as one of our most popular heroes. This nature boy with the pasteboard hat was named John Chapman.
The Levi Strauss Co. and the history of blue jeans
Learn how Levi Strauss Co. and Jacob Davis secured patent No. 139,121 for "a pair of pantaloons having the pocket openings secured by means of rivets."
McCormick’s reaper revolutionized farming
Find out how Cyrus H. McCormick developed the reaper and revolutionized grain farming in the 1800s.
Roosevelt brought conservation to the forefront
Theodore Roosevelt's lifelong love of the outdoors, the animals and the natural resources propelled him to foster the conservation of America's landscape.
North Carolina settlers faced many challenges
Despite fertile land and navigable rivers, the North Carolina colony grew slowly. Hugh Earnhart explains the factors that contributed.
Social Security Act was part of FDR’s New Deal
Probably the most revolutionary of all the New Deal undertakings was the Social Security Act. Find out how it was created, amended and finally passed.
Success of radio stations tied to WWI
WWI was a blessing for radio because the United States government suspended all patent disputes until after the conflict and pushed production forward.
Kansas faced a lot of pushback before it entered the Union as a free...
On Jan. 29, 1861, Kansas, the Sunflower State, entered the Union as a free state numbered 34. But it didn't happen overnight. It was a long arduous road.
