From just another British colony to the world’s lone super power, America has a lot of interesting history. Here however are four events in American history that I find especially historically interesting due to their influence on American culture or uniqueness. The California Gold Rush is a period of time that seemed to confirm the ...
The history of cotton is a long and fascinating subject. Here are a few little-known facts about this unassuming, everyday fiber which has made-and broken-entire civilized societies. Cotton seeds are tough enough to survive travel across oceans on the wind. This probably explains why similar varieties grow sometimes thousands of miles apart-and why botanists are ...
A number of America’s future economic and cultural leaders began their rise to prominence during the 1849 California Gold Rush. Among them were such individuals as Mark Twain, Sam Brannan, Levi Strauss, Phillip Armour, John Studebaker, Henry Wells, and William Fargo. The Gold Rush was the proving ground for Samuel Clemens, the future Mark Twain. ...