The Great American History Blog

  Admiral James O. Richardson Most people believe that the American Pacific Fleet had had a long history at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by December...

  The Tombstone Merman In 1880 the remains of a “Merman” were brought to Tombstone, Arizona.   Mermen, the male counterparts of mermaids h...

  In the early 1880s, Tombstone, Arizona was a violent, chaotic, roaring, mining town.  Sudden death was commonplace, and the population of ...

Called “The Tombstone Cemetery”, but better known as the Boot Hill graveyard, this infamous Arizona burial site was used from 1878 to 1884 a...

        Two of Virginia’s most unusual and colorful characters were Captain John Smith and the Native American princess Pocahontas.       ...

 Edgar Allan Poe    Each spring, the Mystery Writers of America present the Edgar Awards, the most prestigious award a mystery writer can ...

One of the most spectacular escapes from slavery made before the American Civil War was that of Henry Brown.  Henry Brown was born into slav...

       The national women’s suffrage movement began in 1848 and had gained a substantial following by 1916.   With the approach of the First...

    The Lakota Sioux were an aggressive and predatory warrior nation.  Since their adoption of the horse in the 1730s, the Sioux had becom...

 Confederate military prisons in Richmond became notorious during the Civil War.  Libby prison was for Union officers.   It was considered...