At 3,472 square miles—over 2.2 million acres—Yellowstone is larger than the states of Rhode Island and Delaware combined. The vast majority of its territory is situated in Wyoming, but it also creeps into neighboring Montana and Idaho. Though not the largest of the United States’ national parks, it is noteworthy for its dense concentration of Read More…

Glassmakers were among the first craftsmen in the colonies. But it was not until 1739 that the first glass factory was started in New Jersey. It made glass for the colonies and England.Glass is a mix of sand and chemicals. The glassmaker blended them in a pot called a crucible. He melted the mixture in Read More…

John White, the governor of the Roanoke Island colony in present-day North Carolina, returns from a supply-trip to England to find the settlement deserted. White and his men found no trace of the 100 or so colonists he left behind, and there was no sign of violence. Among the missing were Ellinor Dare, White’s daughter; Read More…