This site highlights the westward expansion of settlers in North America and the effects this expansion had on Native Americans between the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.

Just getting candidates for president was a trial for both the Republicans and Democrats in the election of 1880. Read about the factions in each party, and the several hopefuls wishing for the nomination. Find out about the platforms of...

This collection at the University of California-Berkeley can now be accessed online through the Online Archive of California. It provides a vast collection of historically significant primary source images of early California and the...

Read about Hernando de Soto's travels throughout Arkansas in his quest for gold and silver.

This article focuses on Sammy Lee, the first Korean American to win a gold metal.

Explore air drag in this interactive simulation by dropping a can of frosting or gold brick.

Ozzie Smith is featured in this brief biography highlighting his career as a Hall of Fame major league baseball player for the St.Louis Cardinals.

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Rafer Johnson, an American athlete, who won a gold medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Ralph Metcalfe, an American sprinter and member of the American 4 x 100-meter relay team that won a gold medal at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. At his peak, in 1934-35, he was called...

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Shani Davis, an American speed skater, who was the first black athlete to win an individual Winter Olympics gold medal.

This site presents a timeline, personal stories and information sheets regarding Autralia's immigration history.

Town where the California Gold Rush when James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's mill on January 24, 1848. Now a ghost town, it is a significant part of the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park.

A map from 1904 of Montana showing the capital of Helena, major cities and towns, railroads, rivers, and mountains. The boundaries of Yellowstone National Park, primarily in Wyoming, are shown. "Montana was organized as a Territory in...

A sword made of steel, inlaid with gold. The sword is in two parts; the hilt and the blade; the hilt is made of ivory and the blade is steel and is decorated with inscriptions written in the Mamluk Thuluth script.

An image of "Gradual from Santa Maria degli Angeli", created by Don Silvestro Dei Gherarducci during the 1370's (Tempera and gold on parchment).

An image of "Antiphonary (Folio 27v)", created by Cenni Di Francesco Di Ser Cenni during the 1370's (Tempera and gold on parchment, 608 x 418 mm).

An image of "Antiphonary (Folio 35v)", created by Cenni Di Francesco Di Ser Cenni during the 1370's (Tempera and gold on parchment, 608 x 418 mm).

An image of "St Lambert Reliquary", created by Gerard Loyet from 1467-71 (Gold and silver gilt, height 53 cm).

An image of "St Lambert Reliquary", created by Gerard Loyet from 1467-71 (Gold and silver gilt, height 53 cm).

An image of "Jeremiah", created by Lorenzo Monaco, c. 1407 (Tempera and gold on panel, 21 x 11 cm).

An image of "Antiphonary (Cod. Cor. 3, folio 31)", created by Battista Di Biagio Sanguigni, c. 1410 (Tempera and gold on parchment).

An image of "Gradual (Cod. H 74, folio 43r)", created by Lorenzo Monaco, c. 1410 (Tempera and gold on parchment, 131 x 129 mm).

An image of "Gradual (Cod. H 74, folio 122v)", created by Lorenzo Monaco, c. 1410 (Tempera and gold on parchment, 168 x 160 mm).

An image of "Antiphonary (Cod. Cor. 3, folio 59)", created by Lorenzo Monaco, c. 1410 (Tempera and gold on parchment, mounted on panel, 402 x 327 mm).