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Timeline: Olympics, 1950s -1980s

From ancient Greece to the present day Previous | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | Next   Winter 1952 Oslo Winter Games The Olympic torch is lit in the fireplace of skiing pioneer Sondre…

John Keats: The Eve of St. Agnes

by John Keats Isabella; or, The Pot of BasilPoemsThe Eve of St. Agnes St. Agnes' Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold; The hare…

From the Minnetarees to the Shoshonees

Chapter 12 Chapter 14 From the Minnetarees to the Shoshonees Travelling in a westerly direction, with a very gradual descent, Captain Lewis, on the thirteenth of August, came…

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, becoming a widow by the sudden death of King Hamlet, in less than two months after his death married his brother Claudius, which was…

Arkansas

  Arkansas State Information Capital: Little Rock Official Name: State of Arkansas Organized as a territory/republic: March 2, 1819 Entered Union (rank): June 15, 1836 (25) Present constitution…

Transcendental Wild Oats

A Chapter from an Unwritten RomanceLouisa May AlcottDecember 18, 1873On the first day of June, 184—, a large wagon, drawn by a small horse and containing a motley load, went lumbering over…