Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Fresno Kangaroo Rat
As might be expected from its name, the Fresno Kangaroo Rat inhabits south-central California. The species is at risk because agriculture takes ever-increasing bits of its habitat. Learn more about the Dipodomys nitratoides, more...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Elliot's Short Tailed Shrew
Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew occurs in much of the central Great Plains. Its fur is a nearly uniform brownish-gray, often with brown tips. Learn more about the Blarina hylophaga, more commonly known as Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew, in this...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Florida Mouse
Hot, dry, sandy uplands in central and coastal Florida are habitats for prickly pear cactus, pocket gophers, gopher tortoises, and the Florida Mouse. Gopher tortoises dig long, deep burrows that provide homes for Florida Mice and as many...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Kit Fox
The kit fox has been thought by some to be a subspecies of the swift fox. This fox currently inhabits desert and semi-arid regions between the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Rocky Mountains and on down into Baja California and the North...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Mexican Long Tongued Bat
Mexican long-tongued bats feed on fruits, pollen, nectar, and probably insects. The populations that summer in the United States migrate to Mexico and northern Central America in winter, following the blooming cycle of plants such as...
Curated OER
Hesquiaht Woman From the Central Nootka Tribe, British Columbia, 1916
View aspects of the history of the aboriginal peoples of Canada through photographs. Culture, ways of life, and struggles can be examined in this database of primary source images (most from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century).
University of Texas at Austin
Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection: Americas Historical Maps
This collection from the University of Texas Library Online of historical maps contains a wide variety of maps from various parts of the continent and from different parts of history. Each map is accompanied by a brief description and is...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Toltec
Wikipedia offers great information on the Toltecs, a Pre-Columbian Native American people who dominated much of central Mexico.
Other
Macrohistory and World Timeline: Rebellion Against Spain in Latin America
Read about the history of rebellions against Spanish rule and the leaders that led the independence movements in Mexico, Peru, Chile, and other Latin American countries.
Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central: Tecumseh's Confederation
This page describes Tecumseh's work toward an Indian confederacy that would be able to survive against the westward movement of whites.
Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central: Industrial Workers of the World
A very brief description of the Industrial Workers of the World and what they represented.
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: The Story of the Pony Express
This article explores the story of the Pony Express, the "speedy" mail service that once connected the Eastern U.S. with the West.
US Department of State
U.s. Department of State: Albany Plan of Union, 1754
Learn all about the Albany Plan of Union from this article from the U.S. Department of State. Find out why it was proposed, what the plan would provide for, and the results.
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Usacmh: Defense of the Americas 7 December 1941 2 September 1945
This brochure from the Army's Center of Military History gives an extensive account of the little-reported on American theater of World War II. Read about the preparations for hemispheric defense, the few breaches of the defense, and the...
Curated OER
Adventure Learning Foundation: Costa Rica
Comprehensive reference tool with an abundance of country specific information about the Central American country of Costa Rica. Content covered includes photos, symbols, history, economy, geography, climate, population, culture, maps,...
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Comprehensive reference tool with an abundance of country specific information about the Central American country of Costa Rica. Content covered includes photos, symbols, history, economy, geography, climate, population, culture, maps,...
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Comprehensive reference tool with an abundance of country specific information about the Central American country of Costa Rica. Content covered includes photos, symbols, history, economy, geography, climate, population, culture, maps,...
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Adventure Learning Foundation: Panama
Comprehensive reference tool with an abundance of country specific information about the Central American country of Panama. Content covered includes photos, symbols, history, economy, maps, and lesson plans.
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Comprehensive reference tool with an abundance of country specific information about the Central American country of Panama. Content covered includes photos, symbols, history, economy, maps, and lesson plans.
Curated OER
National Geographic Kids: Find People and Places: Nicaragua
Click-through facts-and-photo file about the geography, nature, history, people, culture, and government of Nicaragua. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its Central American location.
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Chinese Rr Workers, Monterey, Ca
From a 1969 publication by the Chinese Historical Society of America comes this extensive look at the Chinese role in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad from California east to Utah.
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Chinamen on a Handcar in California
From a 1969 publication by the Chinese Historical Society of America comes this extensive look at the Chinese role in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad from California east to Utah.
Nebraska Studies
Nebraska Studies: Pedro De Villasur Sent to Nebraska
Concern over the French trading with the Native Indians, the Spanish commissioned Lieutenant-General Villasur to stop them in 1720.
Other
Virtual Exploration Society: Roy Chapman Andrews
Read about a real life Indiana Jones. Roy Andrews was a paleontologist who discovered fossils from the Cretaceous period in the middle of the Gobi Desert.