In 1890 the Census Bureau had found the American West so densely populated that the frontier effectively vanished. No more was there a place so far ...

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Visions of America For the 250th, we asked seven leading historians to profile a founding-era American whose story has rarely been told. See the project. In August 1781, an enslaved woman named ...

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LONDON—In the early 17th century, deep within the palm forests of northeastern Brazil, a group of people escaped slavery and founded an independent settlement. They named it Palmares and welcomed ...

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This silly supernatural thriller about a fiendish shape shifter leaves coherence and clarity behind. By Erik Piepenburg Before the presidency. Before Yorktown. There was … George, the land surveyor.

Hempstead school officials have alleged that the district clerk in charge of the election conspired to keep incumbent Victor Pratt in office. Get the latest news and more great videos at NewsdayTV ...

Tucked in St. Francisville, Louisiana is an 18th-century plantation shaded by oak trees and Spanish moss. Myrtles Plantation is beautiful, historic, and said to be one of the most haunted sites in the ...

Plantation Boy’s death in hot car is third in Florida this year, a tragic reminder of risks A child was found dead Monday outside an early childhood education center in Plantation after his father ...