Pilgrims, Puritans, and Early Settlers The area that is today the State of Massachusetts has a long and colorful history as part of the original thirteen colonies. Famous for the Pilgrims that sailed the Atlantic in the Mayflower, Massachusetts was... View Full Postcard →
The first recorded European explorer to reach what is today Wisconsin, was Jean Nicolet of France in 1634 while looking for the Northwest Passage to China. He would have encountered Native American tribes in that area including Algonquian-speaking Menominee, Kickapoo,... Continue Reading →
Florida is known as the Sunshine State from its warm climate and tropical weather. Sitting on the Southeastern tip of the United States, the Florida land mass is mostly a peninsula that has the Atlantic Ocean on the East, the... Continue Reading →
Niagara Falls is one of the wonders of the world. Many people travel across the United States, Canada, and even from around the globe to see it each year. The Falls are known as the American Falls and smaller Bridal... Continue Reading →
Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States of America. Originally, the capital was in Philadelphia, PA, where the First and Second Continental Congress meetings were held to discuss and declare independence from England. After independence was won, the... Continue Reading →
Originally, the region that is today the state of West Virginia was part of the state of Virginia. The colony of Virginia sent in explorers to these western lands as early as the 1670s. By the early 1700’s counties were... Continue Reading →
Virginia’s first European colony was at Jamestown in 1607. These first colonists had a difficult time and struggled for existence. At that time, Native Americans living in what is now Virginia included the Cherokee, Chesepian, Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Meherrin, Monacan, Nansemond,... Continue Reading →
South Dakota sits in the north central United States and is divided by the Missouri River running north to south through the state. The Black Hills in the southwestern region of the state was famous as a spiritual land for... Continue Reading →
(The following are excerpts taken from the State of Pennsylvania General Assembly website: William Penn What is today the state of Pennsylvania was originally formed by a land grant to William Penn. Penn was born in London on October 24,... Continue Reading →
The Oregon Territory was home to many Native American tribes including the Bannock, Chasta, Chinook, Kalapuya, Klamath, Molalla, Nez Perce, Takelma, and Umpqua when the Lewis and Clark Expedition travelled through in 1805. There they stopped for the winter and... Continue Reading →