In American history

Traces the history of the industrial revolution from its roots in eighteenth-century England, through its beginnings in the United States, to its decline in the twentieth-century.

Discusses the history and importance of the Chihuahua Trail, established in the sixteenth century to connect Mexico City and Santa Fe, and the Camino Real, established in the seventeenth century to take travelers and trade up the California coastline.

Discusses the Wilderness Road, a trail providing a route from Tennessee to Kentucky in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Daniel Boone's role in its development, and life on the trail.

Examines the thrills and disappointments of the nineteenth-century rush for gold in California, during which people abandoned their jobs and homes and headed west in hopes of becoming rich.

Traces the African American struggle, from slavery to the present, to overcome racism and racist laws thereby becoming constitutionally and legally equal to other American citizens.

Discusses each colony's history individually including its settlement, naming, laws, and prominent persons.

Describes the movement of Native Americans onto government-run reservations and presents a look at reservation life today.

Explores the great westward migration on the Oregon Trail in the nineteenth century and the experiences of those who traveled that way.

Historical overview of the Pony Express, the mechanism by which mail was moved between the West and East coasts of the United States via horse.