Bridges Texas History: The disastrous Red River Expedition, Part 1
This week's Ken Bridges Texas History column is part 1 of a 2-part series exploring the disastrous Red River Expedition.
A Settlement Discovery Could Upend Our Theory of Early America
An 11,000-year-old Indigenous settlement found in Saskatchewan reshapes the understanding of North American civilizations.
The White House says it’s a ‘fact’ that the Gulf of Mexico has been renamed. Is that right?
For more than four centuries, the body of water stretching from Florida through Texas and into Mexico has been known as the ...
Map shows 'stormiest stretch of winter' pelting 40 US states and 200,000,000 people
A trio of weather systems have formed the ‘stormiest stretch of winter’ in the US this season, spanning coast to coast and ...
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Why Was California Depicted As An Island For Centuries?
It wasn't only Antonia de la Ascensión who made this strange error. Juan de Iturbe, who explored parts of California in 1615, ...
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This Historic Portrait of George Washington Is Being Restored to Its Former Glory
The 18th-century painting by Charles Willson Peale had previously been the subject of mismanaged restoration attempts. Now, experts in Versailles are bringing it back in line with the artist's origina ...
3 Controversial Maps From History
Humans have been making maps for as long as they’ve been exploring the Earth. Some of their cartographic maps went on to ...
Is it 'Gulf of Mexico' or 'Gulf of America'? Depends if you use Google Maps or Apple Maps
Under Trump's executive order, Google Maps has adopted "Gulf of America." Apple Maps is drawing mixed reactions for sticking ...
Alabama’s congressional map at stake in federal Voting Rights Act trial
Alabama’s congressional map is at stake in a federal trial beginning Monday to decide if the state will keep the new court-created district that led to the election of a ...