The Kentucky Derby is a global sports spectacle and, in the eyes of many, America’s definitive sporting tradition. The event was forged, remarkably, by two of the great epic events in United States ...

John D.W. Guice, emeritus professor of history, University of Southern Mississippi Nobody disputes that Meriwether Lewis died of gunshot wounds suffered on October 11, 1809, at Grinder’s Stand, an inn ...

Sep. 8—BALDWYN — Clark Richey of Baldwyn has heard the legends of the Natchez Trace throughout the course of his lifetime, growing up just miles away from the 444-mile stretch of ancient land. "I've ...

BALDWYN, Miss. (AP) — Clark Richey of Baldwyn has heard the legends of the Natchez Trace throughout the course of his lifetime, growing up just miles away from the 444-mile stretch of ancient land. “I ...

FARGO — One of the most challenging, dangerous and significant multiyear expeditions ever assigned to a young man occurred in 1801. That happened when President Thomas Jefferson authorized Meriwether ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. To commemorate the bicentennial of ...

KING AND QUEEN — A new historical highway marker approved for King and Queen County will recognize early colonial immigrant John Lewis, an ancestor of Meriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark expedition ...

One small fish provided Native peoples with both nutrition and light. The eulachon, also known as smelt or candlefish, often provided hungry Indigenous tribes with food until spring. Meriwether Lewis ...