Ancient DNA is turning Europe’s deep past from a sketch into a family album. Instead of guessing who first called the continent home, researchers can now read genetic traces from teeth, bones and cave ...

Sterling’s earliest beginnings and those who played a role in its establishment were the focus of Overland Trail Museum’s History Café program on Wednesday. Curator Kay Rich prefaced the program by ...

The story of America’s first settlers begins not 14,000 years ago as once believed, but much earlier, with small groups of Siberian hunter-gatherers surviving in Beringia, an icy landmass now buried ...

Jacob Hite was the first settler in what is now Greer, according to David Lovegrove, executive director of the Greer Heritage Museum.

Their stories have been lost to history, and their names are mostly unknown. But that doesn’t mean the remains of hundreds of people — those who were either among the first pioneer settlers of ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Blue Springs’ history is tied to the western migration of settlers in the United States. Travelers found the water in Blue Springs to be cool and clean from the “Little Blue River” ...

Even the most necessary tasks were a struggle for the first European residents of Sangamon County. Take baking bread, for instance, as described in the "History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon ...

ZEELAND — If you can trace your lineage back to the Dutch immigrants that first settled the colony of Zeeland, the Dekker Huis Museum wants to hear from you. The Zeeland museum is creating an exhibit ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—South Westnedge Park in Kalamazoo may seem like the average community park—its mature trees, lush grass and brick sidewalks certainly make a pleasant spot for a summer picnic. However ...

Local author Mark Schneider said life in Weymouth was “quite peaceful for a long time,...,” after the first settlers arrived in 1622. “Weymouth never really developed a social class stratification ...