An 11,000-year-old Indigenous settlement found in Saskatchewan reshapes the understanding of North American civilizations. Evidence of a long-term settlement, rather than a temporary hunting camp, ...

In the late 1800s, Black cowboys brought their culinary knowledge from Africa to the American West—influencing everything ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. One doesn’t need to follow the ...

Archaeologists have spent decades debating how and when people first entered the Americas. The outlines are familiar, but the details keep shifting. A growing body of evidence now suggests that the ...

Long before there was ancestry.com, there were samplers. “Genealogical samplers recording births, marriages and deaths became popular around 1790,” explains a placard accompanying the new exhibition ...

In early America, local governments, the courts and the clergy collected vital data like births, marriages and deaths. But these records weren’t the only tools people used to track their family ...

TRENTON, New Jersey (WPVI) -- At the Old Barracks Museum, historical interpreters take you on a tour through the times before, during, and after the American Revolution. The building was first ...

This image, taken by an unknown photographer in 1905, is an example of a cyanotype. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, William L. Schaeffer Collection A new exhibition at the crossroads of art, history ...