This week's Ken Bridges Texas History column is part 1 of a 2-part series exploring the disastrous Red River Expedition.

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. Vintage photos show how they affected Americans.

Territorial expansion allowed the federal government to directly rule its many new federal citizens without any state government as intermediary.

Join history teacher and award-winning author AJ Schenkman for a virtual talk that explores the mysterious disappearance of ...

An 11,000-year-old Indigenous settlement found in Saskatchewan reshapes the understanding of North American civilizations.

Territorial expansion allowed the federal government to directly rule its many new federal citizens without any state ...

Alfred Downing created accurate sketches of the banks and riverbed of the Columbia River. In 1880, he created a reasonably accurate outline sketch of the Waterville Plateau. He ...

The McKinley Tariff of 1890 raised import duties to nearly 50% on average, up from around 38% previously. As the House Ways and Means Committee chairman, McKinley argued that high tariffs were ...

It wasn't only Antonia de la Ascensión who made this strange error. Juan de Iturbe, who explored parts of California in 1615, ...