The survivors of the Barton Posse got fresh mounts at Rancho Sepulveda. Hardy rode for Los Angeles and Alexander headed to El Monte to sound the alarm.

Apr 21, 2010 - Larry Goldberg

Light from Yule Brand logs meant to guide people home during the winter solstice was eventually transformed into the Christmas tree lights in homesteader cabins.

Nov 23, 2009 - Janice Benthin

Expansion was the fever of the early nineteenth century, and women burned with it as surely as men. Many more women than would be imagined set out for the West.

Dec 31, 2009 - Denise Moore

The frontier settlers of the Watauga Association formed their own civil and judicial branches of government years before the American Revolution.

Jun 22, 2010 - Jennifer Groepl

Law Enforcement in an era when Judges slung shotguns over their shoulders and the jurors would have bowie knives hanging from their belts.

Apr 17, 2010 - Larry Goldberg

The young American multi-sensory media artist based in Central Florida stretches the vastness of Conceptual Art even further.

Sep 7, 2010 - Egberto Almenas

Don McCullin is known as a sensitive photographer of war and disaster. However since his retirement from such work he has built a reputation as a landscape photographer.

Feb 25, 2010 - Martin P Wilson

Decades of weak Mexican government, a dictatorial American officer and an abundance of criminals made Los Angeles the most dangerous city in America.

Apr 16, 2010 - Larry Goldberg

With a North American tour complete, Iron Maiden have fans on the edge of their seat awaiting their new album, The Final Frontier

Aug 3, 2010 - Dane Robinson

Mail early, the first parcels one receives have a special flavour, particularly if one has to pass over a 'Don't Open Until Christmas' warning in order to get into them.

Dec 7, 2009 - Janice Benthin

Isolated and often with limited resources, homesteaders and small town residents enjoyed the spirit of the season in ways similar and yet different to today.

Dec 16, 2007 - John K. Davis

Before Europeans willfully over-exploited all the natural wealth they found in the New World's wilderness, they encountered dangers they never expected.

Jan 22, 2010 - John Anderson

A new frontier society was created. Cultural traditions brought from the interior of New Spain were modified by the influence of those on the land.

Jan 7, 2010 - Denise Moore

Pioneers on the Virginia frontier came from long distances on foot and had to carry everything they needed to survive in a hostile wilderness.

Apr 21, 2011 - Bradley Omanson

A sketch of Scotland in antiquity - the emergence of a single dominant kingdom within Scotland between the reigns of Kenneth I and Macbeth.

Aug 31, 2011 - Doreen Taylor

For three hundred years, women have sought better treatment and recognition for who they are rather being defined by a male-dominated society.

Aug 3, 2011 - Rupert Taylor

The story of Berwick Bridge, from the days of frail wooden crossings, until the opening of a magnificent stone bridge in 1624.

Jan 31, 2011 - Alan Wren

The modern horror film owes much to the fright films that came long ago. Those old movies laid the foundation for today's horror films.

Jul 12, 2010 - Eric Schmiedl

A Look at the Birth of the First Electric Powered Motor Cars and How They Were Left Behind by Gasonline-Fuelled Cars

May 15, 2010 - Dermot Bolger

Since the 1970s, virtually all published books have been identified by an International Standard Book Number (ISBN). But how did the ISBN come about?

Mar 6, 2010 - Michael Jung