These early explorers and settlers adapted well to Alaska's coast line. They designed skin boats and harpoons for hunting marine mammals, created arctic dress from skin and fur, and used whale ...

A class of Fayette Elementary fifth-graders brought history to life Wednesday through a series of short plays about early ...

It is estimated that there were 3 billion to 5 billion passenger pigeons at the time Europeans discovered America. Early explorers and settlers frequently mentioned passenger pigeons in their writings ...

His journey marked a crucial early exploration of North America, contributing to later European interest in the region. Route ...

Early explorers skimmed the boundaries of Antarctica in daring sea voyages to the ends of the Earth. In the early 20th century, a new generation plunged into the interior. With only dogs ...

or who otherwise worked or visited the relatively new Smithsonian Institution in the late 1850s and early 1860s. The Club's history includes tales of sack races, beer-drinking, and serenading the ...

the hand-cut, chestnut-timbered Astor House was generally believed to have been built in the 1780s as a trading post by the Northwestern Fur Co., a venture associated with John Jacob Astor. The Astor ...