History

Riding Horses – Five-gaited Horses

Five-gaited horses! These riding horses are usually taught two extra gaits in addition to the natural gaits. Natural gaits for most horses are the walk, trot, and canter. Five-gaited...

The Unbelievable Blooms of Amorphophallus

A pair of beautiful plants Amorphophallus with blooms as erratic as their odor is pungent. It is likely...

The Crested Kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)

The Crested Kingfisher is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. Crested Kingfisher is (Megaceryle Lugubris, Other...

Dazzling Velvet-purple Coronet: Nature’s Living Jewel

Identification: Velvet-purple Coronet is a spectacular medium-sized coronet that has a black head, primaries, and central tail feathers,...

Brown Gerygone (Gerygone mouki)

Like other Australian warblers, the Brown Gerygone (Gerygone mouki) builds its nest in three stages. First, it makes...

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...

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...