Abraham Lincoln’s Grandfather was murdered
In the 1780s, relations between Native Americans and encroaching pioneers in the Ohio Valley were tense. In 1786, a Native...
Native Americans
A Spanish Conquistador in Kansas
In 1881, a college professor near Lindsborg, Kansas, discovered a Spanish Coin. Later, pieces of chain mail, used for soldiers...
Human Sacrifices at Cahokia Mounds
Near the Mississippi River, mounds built by the Mississippian people, tower over the floodplains. The mounds are the remnants of...
How laxatives saved the Lewis and Clark expedition
The Lewis and Clark expedition, a fabled story, stuck in the minds of Americans, is a staple of elementary school...
The Dragon of the Mississippi River
The Piasa Bird, was a mythological bird-like creature preying along the Mississippi River. It could latch onto deer with its...
St. Louis’ Forgotten Mounds
The Mississippian culture, one of the most fascinating cultures in world history, built earth mounds from Minnesota down to the...