In May 1869, accompanied by nine men, the scientific explorer John Wesley Powell left Green River City on the first expedition by boat through the Grand Canyon. This map, with its accompanying journal entries, detail the course of the grueling journey that ultimately claimed three lives.Â
The following sheet music is from the Foster Hall Reproductions: Songs, Compositions and Arrangements by Stephen Foster, created in 1933 privately by Josiah Kirby Lilly, founder of the Foster Hall Collection, which is now part of the Center for American Music at the University of Pittsburgh.
The Burlington Historical Society in La Grange, Illinois is devoted to preserving the legacy of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The following gallery of Zephyr images is a sampling of the society's collection.
Producer Laurie Kahn-Leavitt talks about the making of the film A Midwife's Tale, and Historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich discusses the importance of Martha Ballard's diary and what it reveals about 17th century America and women's roles at that time.
