Passenger lists of 20, 000 immigrants arriving during California's Gold Rush, plus Captains, Ships, and San Francisco tales ...

Jewish-American History on the Web is an online archive of original documents, journals, books and literature on the subject of Jews in 19th-Century America.

Historic Latta Plantation, circa 1800, once a successful cotton plantation, is now a living history farm.

The Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress Search by Keyword | Browse by Alphabetical Title List | Subject Index Work, school, and leisure activities in the United States from 1894 to 1915 are featured in this presentation of 150 motion pictures, 88 of which are digitized for the first time (62 are also available in other American Memory ...

Archaeologists and historians rediscover a famous nineteenth-century New York neighborhood.

A year in the life of America in 1900 and a look at the forces of change that would shape the 20th century.

The Free Library of Philadelphia's Centennial Exhibition Digital Collection consists of over 1, 500 photographs and assorted material dealing with the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.

The History of the National Refining Company in Cleveland, Ohio 1882-1950. Produced White Rose Gasoline and EN-AR-CO motor oil.

The History of the First Locomotives In America From Original Documents And The Testimony Of Living Witnesses By William H. Brown New York: D. Appleton And Company, 549 & 551 Broadway. 1871. CONTENTS. Chapter I.-Dedication II.-Early Railroads III.-First Head of Steam IV.-First Steamboats V.-First Steam-Carriage VI.-Trevithick's Engine VII.-George Stephenson VIII.-Stephenson's Engine IX.-First ...

Ismail Egypt Ho! Gura Endgame Timeline C.-Long Colston Dye Lockett Loring MacIver Morgan Sibley Stone The Rest Links Credits Awards The unusual but nonetheless true tale of 50 U.S. citizens (mostly veterans of the late War of Secession) who donned the uniform of Egypt in the service of Khedive Ismail. They explored the African continent. Some helped build the Statue of Liberty. This is their ...

An Internet newspaper in celebration of the Centennial of the Klondike Gold Rush, with articles honouring the pioneers of the Yukon and Alaska.

About the Trans Mississippi Map of the Trans Mississippi Calender of the Trans Mississippi Buildings of the Trans Mississippi Visit the Indian Congress Visit the F.A. Rinehart Photo Gallery &copy 1998 Omaha Public Library ...

Historic asylums, state hospitals, and sanitariums: history, architecture, preservation.

This resource for teachers provides lesson plans in which students analyze issues related to industrialization and reform by exploring sheet music, they also create original lyrics and song covers that reflect the Progressive Era - from the Learning Page, the Library of Congres ...

The Grand Tour in its American incarnati on took travellers up the East Coast. This site follows the tour through account s of early 19th century travellers.

H. D. Loyd tells the story of a great monopoly ...

About the Letters Griffing & Goodrich Family Histories 1846-1852, College Years 1852-1853, Traveling in Midwest 1854, Starting Church in Indianapolis 1854-1856, Bloody Kansas 1857-1861, Territorial Life 1861-1865, Civil War 1866 - 1877, Reconstruction Period 1878-1882, Ministering to Freedmen This rare collection of letters and journal entries authored by James S. Griffing and J. Augusta ...

This site contains excerpts from Volume II of The Great Republic by the Master Historians. The book was published in the early 1900's and edited by renowned American historian Hubert H. Bankcroft. It covers United States' history from the period preceding the American Revolution through the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. Within the book, Bancroft comments on each historical event, as well as ...

The Great Republic By the Master Historians Vol. III The following articles are excerpts from Volume III of The Great Republic by the Master Historians. The book was published in 1902 and edited by renowned American historian Hubert H. Bancroft. It covers United States' history from the War of 1812 through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Within the book, Bancroft comments on each historical ...