Pittsburgh has had many firsts over the years and one of them involves being the launching point for Lewis and Clark and ...

In 1804 an expeditionary force, under the command of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark embarked on their journey from the ...

He was a key player in one of the earliest missions to explore the western frontier, including present day North Dakota. More ...

Greeley will host a portrayal next month of a Black woman who had a heavy hand in shaping the 19th-century frontier.

The Corps of Discovery made history in more ways than one. Under the command of Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second ...

ON THIS DAY IN 1909, the Eagle reported, “An expedition to search for Dr. Frederick A. Cook of Brooklyn, who has been in the North Polar regions since the summer of 1907, will leave New York about ...

Arts, entertainment, film, festivals and more events happening this week in the greater Capital Region from Thursday, Jan. 22 ...

From Niagara Falls to the Redwood Forests, state parks preserve many of the nation’s iconic landscapes and historic treasures ...

A Georgia governor and Revolutionary War soldier was the first resident of St Andrews. His 10-foot monument is missing. Here's the story of John Clark.

Before Oregon was known for timber, it was known for gold. That’s the underlying message of the new book “Oregon Gold: A History of Mining from the Civil War into the Progressive Era.” Its author, ...

As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, an auction in New York will feature rare items that trace the ...

Ahead of the release of Sam Raimi's "Send Help," revisit the stories of Alexander Selkirk, Marguerite de la Rocque, the Tongan castaways and others who endured in remote locales ...