In The Hoggs of Texas: Letters and Memoirs of an Extraordinary Family, 18871906, Virginia Bernhard delves into the unpublished letters of one of Texas's most extraordinarily families and tells their story.
Recovering lost voices and exploring issues intimate and institutional, this sweeping examination of Spanish California illuminates Indian struggles against a confining colonial order and amidst harrowing depopulation.
On January 30, 1892, on a field adjacent a small universitys quadrangle, just behind its New College, a mascotthe university goatwas paraded before approximately 1,500 spectators.
The history of the Main Line began in 1832 with the building of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railway, which opened the area to Philadelphia and points west for the movement of people and freight.
For thousands of years prior to Henry Hudsons voyage, the Hudson River was a vital commercial and strategic route for the indigenous peoples who settled near its banks.
Chicagos Worlds Columbian Exposition, popularly called the Chicago Worlds Fair, or the White City, was the largest and most spectacular worlds fair ever built.
On January 10, 1901, near Beaumont, Texas, an unremarkable knoll of earth the world would soon call Spindletop shot a geyser of oil a hundred feet into the air, confirming the belief of Pattillo Higgins that black gold lay buried there.
The borough of Queens has been many thingsa playground for wealthy Manhattanites, a recreation area for pleasure seekers, a highly industrialized pocket of New York City, and one of the most beautiful and residential sections of which the city can boast.
Its place directly opposite San Francisco Bay from one of the worlds most visited cities has left Oakland to struggle against comparison from the start.
Papier-mch tigers, riots on the field, Chinese bandits, tailgating before a trip to the stadium nicknamed Death Valleyall these things and more describe the events, places, and people associated with over 100 years of football at Louisiana State University.
The vast lingering remnant of an ice age that came to a close more than 10,000 years ago, Lake Michigan has shaped the history of the settlements along its surrounding shores for centuries.
Founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1636, Harvard University ranks as the oldest and arguably the nations most prestigious institution of higher learning.
Unlike the movie ghost towns of the Old West, the ghost towns in Florida dont have tumbleweeds rolling on deserted dirt roads, abandoned wooden saloons, and lone drifters on horseback.
In the decades after World War II, the Mile High City traded its cowtown image for the glitter of skyscrapers, big-league sports teams, Interstate highways, and urbanity.
With a selection of fine historic images from his best-selling book, Historic Photos of the Chicago World's Fair, Russell Lewis provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the Chicago World's Fair.
Nestled among the slopes of Central Texas Hill Country, Austin has grown from its frontier beginning to earn nationwide renown as a leader in arts, business, and government.
