In the mid-1800s, the U.S. Department of the Interior began the “great surveys” to map the vast, uncharted land of the West, ...

A favorite in the court of Queen Elizabeth I, Raleigh was given a royal charter by the Queen on March 25, 1584, which gave him seven years to establish a colony in the New World on the condition that ...

“I’ve known that I’ve had it for nine years now," she said at her Fall Creek ... in the mid-1800s and was a major industrial transportation route. It's also one of the nation's most ...

A planned copper mine could alter Tucson's natural skyline, but in the 'Copper State,' mining interests still hold sway.

The site development plan filing for the project comes two years after Amacon Development (Welton) LLC spent $4.7 million acquiring the property at 1800 Welton ... player in the nation’s ...

The failed attempts of Gabriel's Rebellion in 1800 and Denmark Vesey's Plot in 1822 were followed by Nat Turner's bloody revolt in 1831. Fear among slaveholders in the aftermath led to more ...

It was not the nation’s deadliest avalanche of the season. And it was not at all like the one that killed 96 people near Tunnel Creek more than a century ago. But some rituals do not change.

We can't think of a better price point than FREE! Costs add up when you're doing fun things with the family-- especially if ...

Free Things To Do in DC with Kids! Families in the DC area sure are lucky: From free museums and nature centers to amazing playgrounds and fun festivals, there are so many free things to do with kids ...

Episode 5 examines the outsized impact the Lewiston shootings had on the deaf and hard of hearing, how the community often ...

Onondaga Creek, muddied by more than 100 years of pollution, may soon flow with a renewed glimmer under the care of its original protectors, the Onondaga Nation. After reclaiming ... said discovering ...

Nhill has a higher rate of volunteering than the nation as a whole ... not the dry and politically anodyne drawing of dotted maps on lines across the Australian emptiness. Nevertheless, the ...