History - History Events

Donner Online - The plight of the Donner Party remains one of the most poignant episodes in the history of westward expansion during the 19th Century

History and Politics Out Loud - Hear historical and politically important audio recordings. Excellent for classroom use

Absolute Facts - True stories about people and events that changed the life of mankind

Eye Wittness - First hand accounts of some of history's great and some of its more mundane events

Images for Reflection - Images of the Jewish Holocaust from the camera of amateur photographer and world traveler Scott L. Sakansky

A Walk through Time - An illustrated history of timekeeping from ancient times to the present

Study Guide for H.G. Wells The War of the Worlds - War of the Worlds was written in response to several historical events. The most important was the unification and militarization of Germany, which led to a series of novels predicting war in Europe, beginning with George Chesney's The Battle of Dorking (1871). Most of these were written in a semi-documentary fashion; and Wells borrowed their technique to tie his interplanetary war tale to specific places in England familiar to his readers. This attempt at hyper-realism helped to inspire Orson Welles when the latter created his famed 1938 radio broadcast based on the novel.

Alterna Time - Browse the Past and some Futures... a collection of Timelines on the Web

The Donner Party - In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Donner Party, I created a daily log of the Donner Party's journey. The daily logs include diary entries for each day, and quotes from original sources and histories. Now that the anniversary is over, I will keep the logs on the web for your research, education and enjoyment

The Great Lakes Shipwreck File - 1679-1999 - The most complete and accurate list of losses of Great Lakes commercial vessels in existence

The Hoover Dam - Lonely Lands Made Fruitful - The construction of the Hoover Dam was a project firmly rooted in practicalities

Lost Liners - Learn about some of the greatest lost liners in history - the Titanic, the Lusitania, Empress of Ireland and more

Edison's Miracle of Light - Thomas Edison -- the "Wizard of Menlo Park" -- harnessed electricity and revolutionized the world

1930's Dust Bowl - You can get a pretty good idea of what the 1930's Dust Bowl was like by reading these excerpts from "The Dust Bowl, Men, Dirt and Depression" by Paul Bonnifield

Salem Witch Trials - Comprehensive document archive and transcription project about the Salem Witch Trials. Includes court records, historical maps, personal letters, record books, library collections and more

Watergate - The Scandal that destroyed President Nixon - Background and chronology of events, the investigations and the aftermath of the Watergate scandals of 1972 and 1974

The Panama Canal - Learn about one of history's greatest engineering marvels of all time - The Panama Canal