but living freely on America's western frontier nevertheless appealed to thousands of men. These photos were taken across the American West between the late 1800s and the early 1900s.

The earliest known American sampler was made by Loara Standish of the Plymouth ... needlework skills needed to operate the family household. By the late 1700s and early 1800s, schools or academies for ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A university in Shreveport, Louisiana, is working hard to teach people from the region what ...

While duels had long been fought over a woman's hand, or to defend a man's honor, in America, dueling took ... Dueling had lost favor in the early 1800s in the North, but still remained the ...

This volume provides an illuminating exploration of the development of early African American literature from an African diasporic perspective—in Africa, England, and the Americas. It juxtaposes ...