Pioneer Day was celebrated the old-fashioned way Thursday afternoon in American Fork, as children participated in games and activities Latter-day Saints settlers would have played when they arrived in ...

The archives reflect the life and times of early residents who forged bonds with the Ojibwa/Chippewa Tribes indigenous to the ...

David McCullough is best known to most readers for his popular biographies of some of the most prominent names in American history — Theodore Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John Adams and the Wright ...

Washington • President Donald Trump offered his “best wishes” to Utahns celebrating Pioneer Day on Tuesday, extolling the Mormons who escaped persecution to take on a challenging and dangerous trek to ...

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The settler, as well as the vagabond, finds nothing in the unexpected to daunt him; and so when the little puffing train tooted its warning, we rushed to our places, smiling benignly at these now ...

BLOOMINGTON - From 1885 to 1915, self-described "old settlers" of eastern McLean County held an annual picnic celebrating the bygone pioneer era. At its height, these gatherings attracted upwards of ...

PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg-Wood County Public Library Spring History Scavenger Hunt, Pioneers South of the Little Kanawha River, will be held from 1-6 p.m. June 9-12. Hunters may start their hunt ...

Visitors to this week’s Johnson County Pioneers and Old Settlers Reunion are in for a lot of new things to look forward to this year. “For the last 132 years, we have provided a family friendly county ...

David McCullough is, without question, one of the premiere U.S. historians and author of books that bring history to life in our country. Two of his most acclaimed publications, Truman (1,117 pages) ...

Pioneer Settlers’ Descendants gathering Saturday The 148th Annual Festival and 81st Reunion of the Scott County Pioneer Settlers' Descendants will be Saturday, Sept. 10, beginning with a reception at ...

David McCullough is best known to most readers for his popular biographies of some of the most prominent names in American history — Theodore Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John Adams and the Wright ...