The intended audience for the document could be found in the royal houses of France and Spain
Before chronicling the Civil War, the nation's first photojournalist took these portraits
As Ringling Bros. packs up its tent for good, all sorts of newfangled spectacles have sprung up to take its place
When hurricane-force winds suddenly struck the Bay, they swept more than 100 boaters into one of the worst sailing disasters in modern American history
J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI took the credit, but it was really only because of a German defector that the plans were blown
His journal and hiking boots are in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
Lowell Thomas was the first host of a TV broadcast news program, and adopted a number of other new technologies to make his mark in the 20th century
During the Great Depression, a New Deal program brought books to Kentuckians living in remote areas
Mercy Otis Warren used her wit to agitate for independence
According to legend, Pocahontas threw herself between the leader of the Jamestown colony, John Smith, and a warrior's club to save him
And what Puerto Rico can learn from the prolonged process
Rachel Jackson ran away from her husband and got divorced to marry Andrew, an incident that haunted her for life
Famed explorer John Wesley Powell’s archive of his 19th century travels is newly examined
He risked his life to liberate his family and became a legend in the process
There’s a precedent that it's not just for presidents
The Allies were desperate for reinforcements, but the U.S. wasn’t quite ready to provide them
The Fish Wars of the 1960s led to an affirmation of Native American rights
Decades before Watergate, mobsters helped turn hearings into must-see television
New England expats felt a strong allegiance to the struggles felt by their American friends to the south
How an image format changed the way we communicate
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