The Road to War: Civil WarA Nation Divided: The Story of Samuel Whitaker Samuel Whitaker tightened his wool coat against the crisp autumn...

Enhancing Student Learning Through Cross-Curricular Connections in Expansion West History The Power of Cross-Curricular Learning...

The Life of Chief American Horse: A Story of Resistance and Diplomacy A Warrior’s Beginnings (1830s–1850s) Under the vast, open skies of...

A Race for a Dream: The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 (Historical Fiction) The morning light filtered through the thin curtains of the...

Early Settlers in California Before 1850 California's history of human settlement predates European arrival by thousands of years....

The Deep West – Boomtown and Cities near the Southern Border The Life of Kit Carson: A Journey Through the American Frontier In the wild,...

The Kansas Frontier Colonel Henry Leavenworth’s Mission: Bring Stability to the Western Edge The year was 1827, and the Missouri River...

Zachary Taylor: The Reluctant Hero Who Became a President In the humid Kentucky summer of 1784, a child was born to Richard and Sarah...

A Boy’s Sacrifice to Save Others The message had come to Salt Lake City like a whisper of desperation carried on the cold autumn wind....

The Golden Discovery: Sutter's Mill and the Spark of a Nation It was a crisp January morning in 1848 when James Marshall, a carpenter,...

The Mexican-American War: A Clash of Ambitions and Ideologies The Mexican-American War (1846–1848) was a pivotal conflict shaped by...

The Life of James K. Polk: A Story of Determined Ambition In the rolling hills of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on November 2,...

The Whitman Missionaries: Pioneers of the Oregon Trail (True Story) In the early 19th century, the Oregon Territory stood at the edge of...

The Unlikely Path of Senator Henry Johnson: The Power of One Vote… In the heated political landscape of 19th-century America, where power...

Mexico’s Independence from Spain and the Inclusion of Texas in Mexican Territory Mexico’s War for Independence: A Decade of Struggle...

Andrew Jackson’s Inauguration: A President’s Mission to Redefine Washington The morning of March 4, 1829, dawned cold but clear over...

The Early Life of John Quincy Adams It was a humid summer day in July 1767 when John Quincy Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts,...

John Berry Meachum: The Quiet Abolitionist of Missouri The story of John Berry Meachum begins not in Missouri, but in the shadow of...

The American Frontier of the North The Adventures of Daniel Boone: Pioneer, Warrior, and Statesman In the rugged wilderness of...

The Prelude to Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase, finalized in 1803, was a monumental event that doubled the size of the United...