Read Short History / Historical Stories
listed below in order of the date they were published, with new stories first.
What are the origins of Thanksgiving, and how did it transition into the phenomenon it is today?
Why were they called Spaghetti Westerns, how did they become so popular, and why has their legacy endured?
Al-Andalus was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. Historians use the term for the former Islamic states in modern Spain, Portugal and France.
Gene Autry was the first major movie star to star in and produce a weekly series for television.
The Legend of the Three Sisters given to Native Americans by a Goddess.
The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture. He is the one most of us my age remembers first.
Is the singing cowboy a myth, a fact, or something in between?
The decade following the Revolutionary War was one of instability and change. It was the end of monarchy rule and the beginning of evolving governmental structures. Who’s running the newly independent nation now?
How July 4th. became the date we recognize as the birth of our American Independence.