Photo: bison grazing near a hot spring, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Credit: Daniel Mayer; Wikimedia Commons.

Yellowstone: The World’s First National Park

By Tony Pettinato on March 1, 2017

An article about the creation of Yellowstone National Park – the world’s first national park – on 1 March 1872... (Read More)

Illustration: the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas. It was first printed in 1854 in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. Credit: Frank Thompson, "The Alamo" (2005), p. 106; Wikimedia Commons.

Courageous Words from the Alamo as Siege Begins

By Tony Pettinato on February 23, 2017

An article about a letter sent from the Alamo by William Barret Travis before the final Mexican assault at the Battle of the Alamo... (Read More)

Photo: Florence Prag Kahn. Credit: Harris & Ewing; U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Florence Kahn: First Jewish Woman Elected to Congress

By Tony Pettinato on February 17, 2017

An article about Florence Prag Kahn becoming the first Jewish woman elected to Congress, winning election on 17 February 1925... (Read More)

Photo: USS Maine in Havana Harbor, Cuba, shortly before the explosion on 15 February 1898. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

U.S. Battleship ‘Maine’ Explodes, Triggering Spanish-American War

By Tony Pettinato on February 15, 2017

An article about the USS Maine exploding in Havana Harbor, Cuba, on 15 February 1898, leading to the Spanish-American War... (Read More)

Photo: a log cabin built by the Civilian Conservation Corps between 1933 and 1937 in Black Moshannon State Park, Pennsylvania. Credit: Ruhrfisch; Wikimedia Commons.

There’s No Place Like Home – a Log Cabin Home

By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 20, 2017

An article about a speech Daniel Webster gave in 1840 praising his family’s log cabin... (Read More)

Photo: Howard Hughes's H-1 Racer airplane used to set his transcontinental speed record in 1937, on display at the National Air and Space Museum. Credit: D. Ramey Logan; Wikimedia Commons.

Bold Flight by Howard Hughes Sets New Speed Record

By Tony Pettinato on January 19, 2017

An article about Howard Hughes setting an aviation speed record in 1937, flying across the country in 7.5 hours at an average speed of 332 mph... (Read More)

Photo: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. giving his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in Washington, D.C., on 28 August 1963. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration; Wikimedia Commons.

Today We Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 16, 2017

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr... (Read More)

Photo: Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California. Credit: D Ramey Logan; Wikimedia Commons.

Did Two Cons Escape from ‘Escape-Proof’ Alcatraz?

By Tony Pettinato on December 16, 2016

An article about two convicts, Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe, who may have escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on 16 December 1937... (Read More)

Photo: U.S. troops in trench in France, WWI. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Food in the Trenches: Christmas Menus during the World Wars

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 15, 2016

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn what Christmas dinner our soldiers were served during WWI and WWII... (Read More)

Tag: American History