Juan Ponce de Leon – Florida’s discoverer
Juan Ponce de Leon discovered Florida. His youth was spent in military service in Spain, and during the Granada wars, he shared in predatory...
Francis Scott Key – Author of the Text of U.S. National Anthem
Francis Scott Key was born in Frederick County on August 1, 1779. He was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet, and, after moving...
Isaac Wheeler Avery – Confederate soldier, Journalist, and Politician
Col Isaac Wheeler Avery was born on May 2, 1837, in St. Augustine, Ma, a Confederate soldier, journalist, and politician. The son of Isaac...
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...