A biographer and his subject, William Clark, meet in St. Louis
While William Clark is best known for the expedition he made with Meriwether Lewis, his later life was as historic and more consequential
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For a few fleeting moments in 1956, Elvis Presley was still an unaffected kid from Tupelo, Mississippi, and the road to stardom seemed paved in possibility
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Peru's Caral suggests civilization emerged in the Americas 1,000 years earlier than experts believed
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Dr. John Gorrie found the competition all fired up when he tried to market his ice-making machine
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There's no more fitting venue for American initiative and American art than the old Patent Office building
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Who built the great megaliths and stone circles of Great Britain, and why? Researchers continue to puzzle and marvel over these age-old questions
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The eruption of Mount Tambora killed thousands, plunged much of the world into a frightful chill and offers lessons for today
Though evidence against his theory grew, Kon-Tiki sailor Thor Heyerdahl never steered from his course
For 200 years in Ipswich, it sheltered all manner of Americans; now it informs and delights them
A half century ago, the first jet airliner delighted passengers with swift, smooth flights until a fatal structural flaw doomed its glory
The 19th-century trolley bell may have ding-ding-dinged, but the factory bell clanged the workday
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One step ahead of bulldozers, Urban archaeologists pull historic treasures from America's cityscapes
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In a long-lost letter an American woman describes Lindbergh's tumultuous touchdown in Paris75 years ago this month
Historian Diana Preston presents findings about the Lusitania and draws on recently discovered interviews to bring the drama to life
When two philosophers nearly came to blows, they defined a debate that rages a half century later
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Chesapeake Bay's maritime history comes alive in miniature wood carvings by a Maryland craftsman
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