In 1902, Harry Buckwalter teamed with William Selig to make short-reel Westerns.

After 70 years of steam and smoke, American rail began to plug in.

Hooker had his shortcomings, but what he did in revitalizing his army’s cavalry corps was monumental.

An infantry captain who served in Napoleon's elite troops tells of the army's quest for glory.

Olive Dixon spent 40 years making sure Texans would always remember her heroic husband.

German General Ludwig Beck supported the Nazis—until he didn’t. He paid with his life.

The Americans flying in World War I wanted the Spad XIII. They got the Nieuport 28 instead.

The Guzman family’s quest to dominate the Rock of Gibraltar gives the phrase “family feud” a whole new meaning.

How two F-105 pilots and their commander got entangled in the geopolitics of the Vietnam War.

Entrepreneur William Ashley’s attempt to trade for Arikara horses led to a ‘beach’ battle that inflicted 30 percent casualties on his brigade and inspired an outraged Colonel Henry Leavenworth to punish the Missouri River tribe.