This Spanish explorer, not Ponce de Leon, claimed Florida for Spain in June of 1539
In 1787-88 the Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of this document
After a defeat in 1835 for reelection to Congress from Tennessee, this frontiersman moved to Texas
A Ute legend says the Great Spirit created all life on this peak discovered in 1806
Nickname given in the 1930s to the area seen here in a famous Arthur Rothstein photo
When he began his Progressive Party, Teddy Roosevelt said he felt as fit as one of these animals
In 1791 this Treasury Secretary issued his "Report On Manufactures", a critique of American industry
When West Virginia became a state in 1863, Wheeling was its capital; this city became the permanent capital in 1885
In 1698, after an absence of 15 years, he returned to the colony named for his father
On Aug. 2, 1826 at Boston's Faneuil Hall, this great orator delivered a eulogy on Jefferson & Adams