Plans for the bridge and overtures to the railroad company started in the 1850s but were put on hold until after the Civil War. Leavenworth and Kansas City were both advocating fo ...

Cabinet-building has long been crucial for both the success of a presidency and for the direction of the United States. From ...

The vice presidency seems like a springboard to the presidency, but the majority who ascended owe their promotion to the Grim ...

“Fight like hell. Don’t go willingly,” Frank Mazzotti, professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Florida’s Fort ...

1 of 7 | A bust of Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman can be seen between the vaults at Grant's Tomb in New York City.

During the Franco-Prussian War and the ensuing civil war, many artists fled to other French cities or London. However, ...

Preparing for the SC250, an archeological dig looks for evidence of a British encampment near the childhood home of South ...