The exact date nor location of Wild Cat's birth is unknown. Although challenged, it's believed that he was born in 1807 on an island in modern-day Osce…

Skeleton Canyon By BAlvarius (Own work) [ CC BY-SA 3.0  or  GFDL ],  via Wikimedia Commons Skeleton Canyon is located in the far southeast corner of Arizona w…

While the First Seminole War officially began in 1816, conflicts began years earlier. These early years had a great influence on the outbreak of the Florida Wa…

The Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge is comprised of 7,802-acres. Founded in 1966, it became the state of Indiana's first wildlife refuge. The refuge t…

Spring Ranch - History of the Town and the Hanging Spring Ranch, in Nebraska, more than likely received its name from the numerous springs in the area of the …

The Long Walk of the Navajo was a forced relocation of the Navajo people from Eastern Arizona to the area of Fort Sumner in New Mexico. The forced march was a…

Before the arrival of the white man, Native Americans had thriving cultures that much of the world had never seen. Regarding the burial mounds that were seen b…

The swamps, from which the Elba mucklands were created, were the Tonawanda and Oak Orchard Marsh. When investors moved in, starting in 1910, past plans were be…

For those that don't know, Elba is a small town in Western New York that's about halfway between Buffalo and Rochester. It's also a short distanc…

Bowling Green, Kentucky is a city that most of us have heard of. Located in South Central Kentucky, it's the location of numerous businesses, Western Kentu…

Early Settlements in the Region of Elba, New York The Wenrohronon, also known as the Wenro, were a tribe that had settlements all across Western New York. Ul…

Little Beard's Town was an influential and well-developed town that once existed on the western side of the Genesee River and stood in the area of where Cu…