This 1,500-mile-long mountain system divided the Civil War into the eastern & western theaters
In 1833 this area asked to separate from Coahuila to become its own Mexican state
In a March 1775 speech he also said, is "peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?"
Frances Willard, a president of the WCTU, was the first woman honored in this Capitol building hall
The change in the American flag on July 4, 1960 was its first change since July 4 of this year
In 1901 Buffalo Bill founded this town in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming
In 1850 it became the first state on the Pacific coast admitted to the Union
Jonathan Edwards was among the leaders of this "great" religious movement of the 1700s
The U.S. Marine Corps was first established to fight in this war
On Oct. 2, 1967 he was sworn in as the first African-American Supreme Court justice