Elk Township Historical Society will host its second Open House of 2026, on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. The restored 1800s classroom, the original one-room Scandia School building, is an exciting piece of our past. Housing 100 years of Elk Township school records, we have class photos ...

Editor’s Note: With new settlements being established in the Northwest Territory, leaders of the still young United States tackled another issue — how to link cities in the east with new opportunities in the west. This happened through an act of Congress creating what came to be known as ...

Editor’s note: It is impossible to tell the story of the nation without telling the story of the Ohio River Valley. Long before interstate highways and railroads connected the expanding republic, it was the rivers that served as the young nation’s first true highway westward. Through these ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Americans want to show their patriotism, they often don red, white and blue clothing, or sometimes even drape themselves in the U.S. flag. But if you truly want to embody the country's zeitgeist, just slip on your favorite blue jeans. You probably already own at ...

Editor’s note: In the years following the Revolutionary War, the United States stood as an unfinished nation. Victory had secured independence, formalized by the Treaty of Paris, but it had not secured stability. The young republic was burdened by war debt, constrained under the Articles ...

Editor’s note: The first few weeks of our America 250 series has focused heavily on the early career of George Washington, the nation’s first president and, prior to the American revolution, an officer in the British Army. We touched briefly two week ago on Washington’s campaign through ...