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In 1898, Cuba was in the midst of a bloody war for independence from Spain that had been raging for three years. American public opinion swayed dramatically towards support through the 1890s, especially with American journalists fully embracing Yellow Journalism to exaggerate and embellish the atroc...

One hundred and sixty one years ago, the American Civil War was raging all across the country. During the height of this conflict, The Territory of Arizona was officially established in February of 1863. Efforts to create the Arizona Territory had been ongoing since at least 1856, with a few maps sh...

Our July Map of the Month is this 1934 “National Forests, State Forests, National Parks, National Monuments, and Indian Reservations” by the U.S Department of Agriculture and the U.S Forest Service. This historic map acts as a point of reference to compare how much land in the United States has been...

Happy New Year! Our January Map of the Month is this map titled “North America Drawn from the Latest and Best Authorities” that is believed to be from the 1780s. It was made by Thomas Kitchin, an English cartographer and engraver, and displays the entirety of the North American continent as had been...

Automobile Road Map of the United States Showing Transcontinental Routes and Other Main Highways Automobile Road Map of the United States Showing Transcontinental Routes and Other Main Highways Automobile Club of Washington 1925 ...