Telling the History of the U.S. Through Its Territories
In “How to Hide an Empire,” Daniel Immerwahr explores America far beyond the borders of the Lower 48
One Last Time, Read Our ‘Timeless’ Deep Dive Into What the Beloved TV Show Got Right and Wrong
“Timeless”’s finale teaches us how to say goodbye to the intrepid, time-traveling crew
The Ill-Fated Expedition of a 19th-Century Scientist to Explore the California Wilderness
Even facing exposure and starvation, Josiah Gregg insisted on stopping to take measurements and observations, much to his companions’ distress
The Best History Books of 2018
From the political violence of 19th-century America to the untold stories of African-American pioneers, these books help shape our understanding of today
The Bison Returns to the Great American Plains
After years of fierce debate, the West’s greatest symbol will again roam the countryside
The Shrewd Press Agent Who Transformed William Cody Into Larger-Than-Life Buffalo Bill
“Arizona John” Burke perfected the art of hype that converted a bison hunter into a symbol of national character
You’ll Soon Be Able to Stay in This Historic California Ghost Town
Cerro Gordo was once a lively mining town. Now its new owners have plans to refurbish it in hopes of attracting visitors to the relic of the Wild West
The Visionary John Wesley Powell Had a Plan for Developing the West, But Nobody Listened
Powell’s foresight might have prevented the 1930s dust bowl and perhaps, today’s water scarcities
The Unheralded Pioneers of 19th-Century America Were Free African-American Families
In her new book, ‘The Bone and Sinew of the Land’, historian Anna-Lisa Cox explores the mostly ignored story of the free black people who first moved West
Newberry Library Digitizes Trove of Lakota Drawings
The art is part of a larger digitization project of early American history by the Chicago-based research library
Monument Marks Little-Remembered Case That Set Precedent for Asian Americans to Testify in Court
The history around the ‘Territory of New Mexico v. Yee Shun’ will be memorialized in the upcoming public work ‘View from Gold Mountain’
How California’s Giant Sequoias Tell the Story of Americans’ Conflicted Relationship With Nature
In the mid-19th century, “Big Tree mania” spread across the country and our love for the trees has never abated
The Tragedy of Cattle Kate
Newspapers reported that cowgirl Ella Watson was a no-good thief who deserved the vigilante killing that befell her, when in reality she was anything but
500-Year-Old Pistol Part Could Shed Light on Colorado’s Spanish Colonial Past
The pistol part was found during an excavation several years ago by the Museums of Western Colorado’s Western Investigations Team
Gun Control Is as Old as the Old West
Contrary to the popular imagination, bearing arms on the frontier was a heavily regulated business
How Dodge City Became a Symbol of Frontier Lawlessness
Fake news and smoking guns gave the Kansas town its reputation as the ultimate Wild West
Five Things to Know About the Redrawn National Monuments
The president is reducing two massive National Monuments by millions of acres. Read the context behind the decision and what to expect going forward
The Poetic Tale of Literary Outlaw Black Bart
Stagecoach robber Charles Bole took the inspiration for his pseudonym from pulp fiction
How the 1867 Medicine Lodge Treaty Changed the Plains Indian Tribes Forever
The peace agreement set up reservations for the tribe—only to break that agreement in the following decades
As Wildfires Rage Across California Wine Country, a Historical Structure Turns to Ash
The iconic Round Barn was destroyed at Fountaingrove, once home to a Utopian community and one of America’s first Japanese immigrants
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