The name commonly applied to the people found by Columbus in America; by many authorities believed to have been the original native…

SETTLING THE NEW COUNTRY. A FEW years cover the beginnings of colonization in America. Great impulses seem to be epidemic. The variety…

Original Colonies. This page presents an overview of the 13 original American Colonies. Please note that you can click on the colony titles…

NO SOONER had the news of the successful results achieved by Columbus reached Spain, than it spread like wild-fire through the then civilized world.…

Smith, JOHN, settler ; born in Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England, in January, 1579. From early youth he was a soldier, and for four…

THE first European emigrants to Texas were led by Robert Cavalier, the Sieur de la Salle, who landed on the west side,…