It had been christened “Gem of the Southern Mines” for good reason. Roughly $150 million — the equivalent of $4.7 billion ...

Go back in time at this historic site in Montana, which once served as the territory's capital, and learn more about the region's Gold Rush past.

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Most people think they know the story of Grizzly Adams, but in reality the Massachusetts man spent less than five years in ...

An Alaskan former politician and Native rights activist explains how Alaska came to be American – and what that meant for the ...

During the Spanish/Mexican era, vast herds of cattle were said to stretch from Santa Cruz uninterrupted up the coast to San ...

All 12 Bay Area “critical habitat” groves in a proposed federal threatened listing include eucalyptus. How do we protect a native that now depends on a non-native to survive?

After winning independence from the British, how did the United States expand west? Here’s why the ‘Old West’ era lasted much longer than you might think.

The James Dyson, US Deputy, Mineral Surveyor Archive, 1878-1935, during a mining rush in a very important area: the San Juan Mining Region (includ ...

They were called the Senators — and they wore plaid uniforms. They finished in the Eastern League with a 53-70 record.