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Onondagas – Founding Nation of the Iroquois Confederation
The Onondagas (“People of the Hills”) controlled the heart of Iroquois territory in much of present-day upstate New York. They were hunters as well...
Fort Orange – New York
Fort Orange became the first permanent settlement in New York. Dutch post was established in 1624, in the upper Hudson River Valley, near the...
Radde’s Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi)
The size of Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi) is about 12.5-13 cm in length. Radde’s Warbler is an Asian vagrant (breeds C Siberia eastwards). A...
French Fort Frontenac (Ontario)
The French garrison was founded on July 12, 1673, named for Quebec’s celebrated 17th-century governor, Louis de Baude de Frontenac. Fort Frontenac was cited...
The Massacre of Mystic Fort
Mystic Fort massacre was on a palisades Pequot community near the Mystic River in present-day Connecticut on May 26, 1637. The attack was carried...
The History of Jamestown Virginia
The first permanent English settlement in the North America Jamestown was founded on a peninsula protruding from the north bank of the James River...