"During all this time, farther to the north, another territory had been coming into being. The “Oregon Trail” had brou…"

""The most significant thing that I did in terms of research was to find published accounts of the actual diaries of p…"

"What keeps the herd from running, stampeding far and wide? The cowboy's long, low whistle and singing by their side."

"I charge you before God ... that you follow me no farther than you have seen me follow the Lord Jesus Christ. If God …"

"In the name of God, Amen; We, ... the loyall subjects of our dread soveraigne King James, ... haveing undertaken, for…"

"The hospitals [of England] are full of the ancient ... the almshouses are filled with old laborers. Many there are wh…"

"We are all freeholders; the rent day doth not trouble us."

"Let it not be grievous unto you that you have been instruments to break the ice for others who come after with less d…"

"I deem it a great thing for a nation, in all the periods of its fortunes, to be able to look back to a race of founde…"

"The compact signed in the cabin of the "Mayflower" tells the story of their coming hither. A band of exiles, three th…"