A map of the Great Lakes Region of North America to the Hudson River showing the northern area of conflict during the War of 1812, including the important sites of Fort Dearborn (Chicago), Battle of Tippecanoe, Detroit, Frenchtown (River...

A sketch map from 1920 of Stamford and New York towns along the Hudson River, showing roads.

Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. What went through his mind as the doomed plane went down? At TED, he tells his story publicly for the first time....

Find out about Dutch exploration and settlement in the area explored by Henry Hudson. Scrolling through will take you to information about New Netherland and the settling of New Sweden which later became Maryland.

This site provides a brief introduction to the river system and canals of Ohio. Includes a history of the canal system, details and maps of the drainage throughout the state, and how the river systems are used today.

The painting, Chimborazo, by Frederic E. Church depicts the natural beauty of Ecuador, one of the places this artist traveled to. As explained in this article, it provides an example of landscape art of the 19th century.

American Civil War battleground, the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River.

A map of the United States in 1790 showing the territorial claims of the states at the time, and the British and Spanish possessions and territory disputes. The map shows the frontier lines or extent of settlement from the coast of Maine...

A digitized reprint of the Red River Settlement's census in 1834 is presented in this National Library of Canada website. This census includes all immigrants from the original land grant given to Lord Selkirk and under control of the...

A series of three maps showing the northern operations during the Revolutionary War. The left map details the Hudson Valley from Lake Champlain to Albany area, the middle map details Hudson Valley from Albany to Long Island, and the...

A map of the Appalachian Mountain region showing the three primary routes of the early 1700's through the natural barrier from the English colonies to the Mississippi Valley. "The Appalachian ranges separated the French and the English,...

A map of the Adirondack Mountains, southern Lake Champlain, eastern Lake Ontario, and Hudson River Valley south to Peekskill showing the important battle sites of the area during the American Revolutionary War.

A map of the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York showing the Iroquois Six Nations lands as established by the Fort Stanwix treaty of 1768. The map show the expansion of English colonial settlers into the upper Hudson River Valley...

A map of eastern North America in 1620 showing the King James Patent of the Plymouth Company to the north and London Company to the south. In 1620, the Plymouth Company was reorganized as the Plymouth Council for New England, or the...

The main site is huge with interactive links to different time periods, archival documents, photos, and artifacts. This section focuses on the time period 1600-1867 which included the first interactions between First Nations and...

A map of the Borough of Manhattan from the Official Automobile Blue Book (1919), showing the Hudson River, East River, principal streets and avenues, ferry crossings, bridges, and major landmarks.

A map of the New England Colonies showing the westward expansion of the Pilgrims from Plymouth (1620) to Stamford, Connecticut (1641). The map shows settlements in the area with dates of establishment given, colony boundaries, New...

This entry from the National Library of Canada's presentation on Canadian Confederation, looks at the 1870 inclusion of Manitoba. Built from the North-Western Territory, the province was founded by Metis, Francophones from Lower Canada,...

A map of the Great Lakes region of North America showing the area of conflict during the northern campaign of the War of 1812, from Lake Michigan east to Lake Champlain and the Hudson River. The map shows the routes of Hull, Wilkinson,...

A plan of the Battle of Freeman's Farm (September 19, 1777), also known as the First Saratoga, fought between the British army under John Burgoyne and the Americans under Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold during the American...

A six-part annotated slideshow about the work of David Smith. Includes a reproduction of Smith's masterful "Hudson River Landscape," along with reproductions of five other Smith sculptures that show off his range.

A good description of the culture of the Blackfoot from pre-contact to present time. Read about the importance of the buffalo and the treaties which took away the Blackfoot land.

A map from 1872 of the vicinity of Albany New York, showing neighboring towns and the Hudson and Mohawk rivers. Albany, now the capital of the state of New York, is situated on the west bank of the Hudson River, 145 miles north from New...

A joint New York and New Jersey organization, it includes 24 parks and eight historic sites, covering over 100,000 acres (405 square kilometers) along more than 20 miles (32 km) of Hudson River shoreline. It also operates the Palisades...