In 1863, Smalls became captain of the Planter, the first Black man to command a United States vessel. He held this position ...

Captain Henry Wirz thought he was just running another Confederate prison camp. Instead, he became the only Civil War soldier ...

The first White Castle opened in Wichita, Kansas in 1921, selling five-cent hamburgers that changed American fast food ...

Nobody knows who fired first, but the gunfight lasted over two hours. Four ATF agents were killed and 20 wounded, while six Branch Davidians died. Koresh himself was shot and badly hurt. After the ...

Chief Petty Officer Frederick “Bull” Tobin led the Navy landing crew. When the airship caught fire, many people ran away from danger, but Tobin shouted, “Navy men, Stand fast!” His words made sailors ...

The last Shaker sister at Canterbury Village died in 1992, ending centuries of tradition in New Hampshire. This religious ...

In June 1876, Sitting Bull saw victory in a dream. Soldiers would fall like grasshoppers into his camp. Three weeks later, at ...

Before Hollywood, before the freeways, before any of the LA you know today, there was just a small pueblo by a river. El ...

Gold found in the Black Hills in 1874 during Custer’s expedition brought waves of white settlers onto Lakota land. This land had been promised to the Lakota forever by the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty.

Black Hawk escaped the massacre at Bad Axe. He fled north with a small group, hoping other tribes might shelter them. On August 27, 1832, he gave up. Black Hawk surrendered to U.S. authorities at Fort ...

Despite this small victory, Otermín faced strong resistance elsewhere. He retreated to El Paso in 1682, leaving New Mexico ...

Thick ice chunks clogged the Mississippi during winter 1838-1839, making ferry crossings impossible. Cherokee faced brutal ...