DIVING INTO HISTORY 'To understand the Amana Colonies, you have to understand a little bit of history,' Rettig said. 'The Amanas are here because of religious reasons.

When Helen Carter moved into the Colonies of Arlington apartments 26 years ago, she was coming home. Carter, an Arlington native who now is 82, had lived at the same South Arlington location after ...

A Jacksonville teen who aspires to be a history professor or public servant wrote a book to help middle schoolers know U.S. history.

Instead of simply memorizing the names of the 13 original colonies of what would become the United States, Rose Kana, U.S. history teacher at Stephen F. Austin Middle School, expects her students ...

Only a tiny percentage of the 12.5 million Africans shipped to the New World landed in North America.