Immortalized on everything from bumper stickers to refrigerator magnets, the shape of Texas is one of those things that, once seen, is hard to forget. Sculpted by the Gulf, three rivers and federal ...
Vols. 6 and 7 have title: History of the United States from the compromise of 1850 to the final restoration of home rule at the South in 1877. Vol. 8 has title: History of the United States from Hayes ...
Tuesday marks the 175 th anniversary of California being admitted as a state. Sept. 9, 1850, is the day that then-President Millard Fillmore signed the Compromise of 1850, which made California the ...
Illustrated by reproductions of works from the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. siris_sil_296312 ...