Rough Rider Links to the Past
A nice American History site by a high school teacher in Fresno, CA.
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark's journey across the uncharted frontier is chronicled
on this epic National Geographic web site. Using journal entries,
drawings, maps, and historical photos, the site offers a realistic
peek into the foreign and hostile world the discoverers explored.
Monticello
The home of Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States. Explore Monticello, Jefferson's mountaintop home, gardens, and plantation.
Index of Civil War Information
available on the Internet
This is an effort to compile ALL Civil War related links that can be found on the Web.
On the Political Theory of John Adams
Brand Whitlock
Four times independent mayor of Toledo, Ohio; author; ambassador to Belgium; a reform politician and one of our heros (read his autobiography: "Twenty Years of It")
The Writings of Samuel "Golden Rule" Jones
Two decades of reform government in Toledo, Ohio.
Common Place
Common-place is a common place for exploring and exchanging ideas about early American history and culture.
Salem Witch Trials
Documentary Archive and Transcription Project. This site collects primary source materials.
Seventeenth-century books and documents shed light on the culture and times that led to the hysteria.
Jamestown Rediscovery Project
Jamestown Rediscovery is investigating the remains of 1607 Jamestown, Virginia.
The Pearl Harbor attack
Best links to what has been called "the Mother of all Conspiracies", the aerial attackby Japan on the U.S. Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
The War For States' Rights
Factual history of the civil war - the truth about the battles, generals Lee and Grant and Abraham Lincoln.
George Washington
In an attempt to separate fact from fiction, academic biographers have delineated a skeletal view of Washington's "real" life.
Photos from U.S. Civil War battlefields
Welcome to unique exhibit of modern day images from battlefields of the American Civil War.
pU.S. Presidents
Background information, election results, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents.
Custer's Last Stand - News Reports
About the battle of Little Big Horn, American military engagement fought in June 25, 1876.
The Great Seal of the United States of America
Both sides of America's Great Seal in full color with translated mottoes plus the origin and relevance of this misunderstood symbol from the American dreamtime.
Gettysburg Discussion Group
Provides a forum for discussion of the Battle of Gettysburg for over 700 members throughout the world.
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Introduction of the book written by James W. Loewen about everything that American history textbook got wrong.
Making Of America
A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
First Nations -- Native American Web Site
Foundational data on Native American history.
Democracy in America
Alexis DeTocqueville's DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA with a gallery of related projects describing America ca. 1820-1840.
Lies My Teacher Told Me - Index
Everything your american history textbook got wrong.
George Mason
See history come alive at Gunston Hall Plantation, home of George Mason, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights.
American Civil War
A collection of links to the most useful identified electronic files about the American Civil War (1861-1865).
Benjamin Franklin
A quick glimpse at the long life of a complex man: biography and ideas.
George Washington's Papers - Univ. Of Va.
The largest collection of original Washington documents in the world.
George Washington's Papers - Lib. Of Congress
The largest collection of original Washington documents in the world.
John Adams -2nd U.S. President
Biography, interesting facts, qoutes, documents, and related links.
Words And Deeds In American History
Approximately ninety representative documents spanning from the fifteenth century to the mid-twentieth century including papers of presidents, cabinet ministers, members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, and more.
Archiving Early America
Historic documents from 18 th century America.
Democracy In America
Alexis DeTocqueville's DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA with a gallery of related projects describing America ca. 1820-1840.
Founding Faiths
Post Fundamentalist Press defends the separation of church and state.
Salem Witchcraft Hysteria
A Puritan inquisition that took 25 lives, filled prisons with innocent people, and frayed the soul of a Massachusetts community called Salem.
Monticello
Explore Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's mountaintop home, gardens, and plantation.
Declaration of Independence
A declaration by the Second Continental Congress of the United States of America enumerating grievances with the British crown and asserting dissociation from Great Britain.
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