American production helped win World War II
Planes, ships and tanks got the most attention, but thousands of other items were no less impressive. Learn more about American manufacturers' role in WWII.
J.W. Powell led first expedition into Grand Canyon
Hugh Earnhart recaps the tale of John Wesley Powell and nine other men, who set off to explore the Grand Canyon on May 24, 1869.
Though successful, Mexican war brought guilt
Learn more about how the Mexican war started, ended and everything in that happened in between.
Roosevelt would have been wise to be patient
If FDR had exercised a little patience, he could have shaped the character of the Supreme Court without attempting to restructure the institution itself.
Election of 1860 led to two major parties
Learn more about how two major parties — Democrat and Republican — came to dominate the national elections in the United States.
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."
Navigation Acts focused on Colonial trade
Hugh Earnhart offers an inside look at British trade policy during the 17th century and explores how the Colonies fit into things.
Formation of the Confederacy preceded American Civil War
Discontent grew in the South until southern states began seceding and eventually formed the Confederacy to oppose the Union army in the American Civil War.
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.
The long history of the Fourth of July
Hugh Earnhart details the long history of the Fourth of July — the birthday of the United States of America.
