In the mid-1800s, the U.S. Department of the Interior began the “great surveys” to map the vast, uncharted land of the West, ...
At this time, 211 years ago, our area was on the frontlines of the United States’ second conflict with Great Britain, which ...
On Jan. 2, 1948, the Westminster Democratic Advocate carried a front-page story about a devastating Dec. 29, 1947, fire under ...
The conflict between the English, the Scotch-Irish "long knives," and native groups led to heinous bloodshed, notably in ...