The Argonauts and the Founding of Denver, Colorado - In the beginning, Denver City was a frontier town, with its economy based on servicing local miners with gambling, saloons, livestock and goods trading. In the early years, land parcels were often traded for grubstakes or gambled away by miners.

Introducing America's Most Modern Automobile - In 1773 - Author Jim Hinckley chronicles the fact that automobiles were more than just a dream as early as 1773, as Oliver Evans patents a steam engine to propel carriages.

Crossing the Great Plains in Ox-Wagons - Although I was but a girl of 11 years, I distinctly remember many things connected with that far-off time when all of our western country was a wilderness. We were six months in crossing the plains in ox-wagons. -- Harriet Scott Palmer

A Pioneer Story and the Lost Blue Bucket Mine - On April 28, 1938, Captain W. H. Hembree, who was then working in a gold mine near Estacada, Oregon, was interviewed by the Andrew C. Sherbert of the Federal Writer's Project for his knowledge of pioneering days and what he might know about the legend of the Lost Blue Bucket Mine.

Natchez to Home via New Orleans - From Legends' Travel Blog, we wrap up our Winter History Tour, following the Natchez Trace Parkway to it's starting point, Natchez MS. Then south to the Gulf, New Orleans and more. See all our Winter History Tour of Mississippi and Louisiana in photos HERE.

Frederick Douglass - From Slavery to Renowned Activist - Frederick Douglass' journey from captive slave to internationally renowned activist, Douglass changed how Americans thought about race, slavery, and American democracy.

Slavery in the United States - A new category of this sad time in U.S. history. Includes multiple articles, people, terms, and chronology.

Slavery Terms and Reference Items - While some of these terms may seem self-explanatory, the words were often used differently in the mid-1800's when it came to the institution of slavery in the United States. Others terms are so rarely heard today, that many modern readers have never heard them.

Chronology of Slavery in the United States - Some five hundred years ago, ships began transporting millions of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. Slavery would continue for more than 200 years in the United States until it became a primary cause of the Civil War and ended only when the North was victorious over the South in 1865.

The Underground Railroad - Flight to Freedom - Though the origin of the term "Underground Railroad" has not been determined, it refers to the effort of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bondage.

The 13th Amendment - This important amendment formally formally abolished slavery in the United States, passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865. On February 1, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln approved the Joint Resolution of Congress submitting the proposed amendment to the state legislatures.

Slavery - Cause and Catalyst of the Civil War - There were a number of issues that ignited the Civil War, including States’ Rights, the role of government, preservation of the union and the economy. But, all were inextricably bound to the institution of slavery.

African-Americans - From Slavery to Equality - Shortly after the American Revolution, calls to abolish slavery and the slave trade generated increasingly widespread support. A major cause of the Civil War, the the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution liberated more than 4 million African-Americans.