The story of America’s first settlers begins not 14,000 years ago as once believed, but much earlier, with small groups of Siberian hunter-gatherers surviving in Beringia, an icy landmass now buried ...

For many pioneers, finding suitable housing in the wilderness was a challenge. In some cases, the answer wasn’t to build from scratch but to make use of what was already there – massive tree stumps ...

This map illustrates the regional division of North America into distinct cultural nations as proposed by Colin Woodard in his 2011 book “American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional ...

Christy Martin ccsmartin@hotmail.com Oct 10, 2025 Oct 10, 2025 In the early days of local history, before Blount County was officially formed, the area was dotted with forts, stations and other places ...