AMERICA 250

“The history of Oil City is old and colorful, woven with tales of the oil boom and of overnight wealth, of Ben Hogan and French Kate, and of fire and flood.”

In the middle of Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood sits a 20-acre-historic Japanese garden begun over 95 years ago by a self-taught gardener.

For thousands of years, the Ioway and their ancestors were stewards of what is now the state of Iowa.

On July 15, 1821, travel writer and future Washington, D.C. journalist Anne Newport Royall described Florence, Alabama as bustling with activity.

James Vester Miller was born in 1860 in Rutherford County, NC to an enslaved mother, Louisa Miller, and a slave-owning father, John Miller.

Sarah Bowman was legendary in the Old West. Nearly lost to history, she was part myth, part legend, and part fact.

The Potawatomi made the 660-mile trek in harsh weather and without adequate footwear, food, or water.

In early spring, Stockbridge Mohicans set up camp in sugar bushes. For them, sap harvesting is more than a step of maple sugaring.

When most people think about the storied past of race relations in America, radio stations and their owners don’t usually come to mind.

While growing up in modern-day Croatia, Nikola Tesla saw a photograph of Niagara Falls and dreamed about harnessing its power someday.

The historic Flag House, built in 1793, was the home and place of business of flag maker Mary Young Pickersgill, maker of the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key’s famous poem and, later, our national anthem.