Thirteen-year-old Olive Ann Oatman was excited about the adventure that lay before her as she helped her mother plan for the long journey from Illinois to the promised haven of Bashan that Mormon ...
From the Declaration of Independence to the rise of Donald Trump, we assess America’s complicated relationship with its founding ideals Why anyone would want to leave Britain is beyond us. But in 1776 ...
Before the Civil War, numerous enslaved people made the treacherous journey to Mexico in a bold quest for freedom that historians are now unearthing By Richard Grant Photographs by Scott Dalton Diana ...