In the early 1800s, President Theodore Roosevelt dispatched a pair of explorers to chart the newly acquired land from the Louisiana Purchase. Explorers Lewis and Clark set out with a band of men to ...
HARTFORD — On Dec. 12, 1803, three dozen soldiers arrived at the mouth of the Wood River in what is now Hartford and started building a fort. They left a few months later, rowing several boats into ...
Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours unveiled three new itineraries for next year. The tour operator is offering its first active tour, a new American Revolution itinerary and a World War II history trip.