History

Helleborus lividus corsicus (CORSICAN HELLEBORE)

Helleborus lividus corsicus is an evergreen perennial Corsican hellebore. It is also known as Helleborus argutifolins and before that simply as H. corsicus, is one of the gems of...

Sad Story of Stuckie The Mummified Dog

Sad Story of Stuckie The Mummified Dog. More than 50 years ago a dog went up a tree...

Green Moss Balls of Lake Myvatn and Lake Akan

You might be wondering what on earth a lake ball is. The species itself is called Green Moss...

Rare Blue Dragon Spotted on the Shores of Australia

Rare Blue Dragon Spotted on the Shores of Australia. Nature is so beautiful, and rare creatures stun human...

The Black Sapote – Chocolate Pudding Fruit

The Black Sapote “Diospyros nigra” is a species of persimmon in the family Ebenaceae. It is also called...

The Brief History of Yellowstone National Park

The Brief History of Yellowstone National Park. The experience of visiting Yellowstone has changed considerably since the days of George Cowan. The pioneering explorer...

The Rise and Fall of Napoleon

The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Nothing like the career of Napoleon Bonaparte has ever been seen in modern history, for anything in the nature...

Biography of Stewart Macpherson (1865-1941)

Stewart Macpherson (1865–1941) was a musical educator and composer, born in Liverpool, England. He went first to the City of London School, then winning...

The Historical Fátima Shrines in Portugal

A very interesting history of Fatima Shrines in Portugal. As World War I was devastating Europe, three illiterate children in a poor village started...

Narragansett – The People of the Small Point

Narragansett, or people of the small point, occupied ancestral territory in the Northeast that is now Rhode Island, especially between the Providence and Pawcatuck...

Purton Ships’ Graveyard

In the Purton Ships' Graveyard, thousands of old trows and barges were deliberately sunk to create one of the largest ship graveyards in mainland...

Culture of Makah Tribe

The culture of the Makah tribe was similar to that of other Northwest Coast Indians. They were expert woodcarvers. The people lived in cedar-plank...

The History of Kalapuya Tribe

The History of Kalapuya Tribe The Kalapuyas (or Calapooyas or Calapooias) are one of eight tribes that belong to the Kalapuyan phylum. Kalapuya, or ka-la-POO-ya,...

Mary Musgrove – An American Creek Woman Between Worlds

Coosaponakeesa, also known as Mary Musgrove, was born around 1700 in a Creek town in Coweta Town along the Ockmulgee River. She was the...

The Lost Roanoke Colony

The Lost Roanoke Colony - Roanoke Island, located just inside the Outer Banks of North Carolina's coast, was made home by Governor John White...