In 1876, the United States launched the Great Sioux War without a formal declaration of war by Congr... more

In 1894, George Isaacs, the penniless black sheep of his family, was running with the worst of the o... more

Owyhee County, Idaho, also known as the "Big Quiet," is the largest and least inhabited area in the ... more

Although the United States is a nation founded by immigrants, Alberto R. Gonzales and David N. Stran... more

Homer Maxey was a war hero, multimillionaire, and pillar of the Lubbock, Texas, community. During th... more

Mary Bennett Love had a physicality exceeded only by her personality. Six feet tall and over 300 pou... more

Few works reveal anything about the role of federal judges in the early twentieth-century American W... more

Few works reveal anything about the role of federal judges in the early twentieth-century American W... more

Michael Ariens proves that no state possesses a richer or more surprising legal history than Texas. ... more

From the 1880s until after World War I, Texas prosecutions for adultery, fornication, rape, seductio... more

Owyhee County, Idaho, also known as the "Big Quiet," is the largest and least inhabited area in the ... more

A dramatic response to American racism occurred in Los Angeles during 1855 when eighteen-year-old Fr... more