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Accelerating a beginning

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 the National Road. The concept of a national road actually goes back to our first president, George Washington, who understood that for the new nation to unify, it needed a connector. What initially was known as the Cumberland Road began construction in 1811 in Cumberland, Md., and reached ...

Western flow

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 ...

Through much of American experience, blue jeans a common thread

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 least one pair, just like almost everyone else you know. Even in divisive times, denim remains an American skin that's worn by liberals and conservatives, young and old, rich and poor, the cool crowd and the nerdy outcasts, citizens born in the USA like the denim-clad Bruce Springsteen on his ...

Mapping a plan

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 ...

Taking the offensive

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 ...

Historical Society planning Saturday open house

Elk Township Historical Society will host its first open house of the year on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. It is located in the former Scandia School, at the four corners in Scandia. The building houses a restored 1800s classroom and a museum of early life in Elk Township. It has been cleaned ...