America - still a young country by world standards - began as an experiment in self-government. This collection includes stories of America's people as they follow a path of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
For more than 700 years Russia, a nation rich in natural resources, has defended herself against invaders from other countries.
Sacajawea (Sacagawea) was the only woman with the Corps of Discovery expedition.
By the fall of 1692, the authorities running the Salem Witch Trials begun to have second thoughts about all the claims. Perhaps Governor Phips decided...
While "witch hunts" frequently took place in parts of Europe between the 14th and 16th centuries - resulting in the deaths of up to 50,000 people - th...
The first witch trial, in Massachusetts, occurred soon after the Puritans arrived in America. In 1648, Margaret Jones was accused - and hanged - in Ch...
A group of girls in Salem Village accuse three women of being witches. During a pretrial hearing, magistrates question the three accused and accept qu...
After Tituba—accused of being a witch in 1692—testified that she saw the names of other people in the “Devil’s book,” th...
This historic footage, filmed by the Thomas Edison film company in April of 1906, reveals very few cars in San Francisco at the time of the great eart...
As devastation envelops San Francisco, soldiers came to the aid of the city's people.
If General Santa Anna ordered a bugle to sound the signal "No Quarter," what did the Alamo defenders hear?
Despite an earlier string of space-race failures, the United States developed a rocket with enough power to send people to the moon.
The Preakness is coming up on May 19. In one of the greatest horse races of all time, Seabiscuit and War Admiral (the then-reigning Triple-Crown winne...
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