WATERTOWN TWP. – Some of Washington County’s earliest pioneers, including a common pleas judge, are buried in Radacker Cemetery, along Hendershot Road in Watertown Township. “Radacker” is apparently a ...

Historian Louis Hacker explains how early American settlers farmed frontier land from Kentucky to Texas, often exhausting soil fertility ...

BYU geography professor Brandon Plewe has studied how early Pioneer saints established the church in the Utah desert and says he’s impressed by their dedication and faith that brought order to the ...

I have already discussed many of the obstacles, or problems, faced by the early settlers in Ohio. Things like disease and lack of medical care, food scarcity, disgruntled indigenous animals and ...

Those who trekked across the country to begin new lives in the Wild West were known for their resourcefulness, and it shows in many of the foods they ate. While pioneer cuisine may seem strange to us ...

MADISON, S.D. (KELO) — You may know Madison, South Dakota as the home to Dakota State University, but there’s more to the town’s story, including the travels of its early pioneers and a renowned ...

Dramatic geology and human resilience forged the early cultural and economic history of Door County. Steep, vertical cliffs carved by dramatic glaciation, Paleo-Indian and Indigenous inhabitation, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michelle Budge, Deseret News It’s understandable that we often look upon people from prior eras and assume they experienced less ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — This Black History Month, FOX5 digs deep into Nevada’s past to learn about some of the earliest African American pioneers in the Silver State and their lasting legacy. The earliest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I have already discussed many of the obstacles, or problems, faced by the early settlers in Ohio. Things like disease and lack of ...