The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and ... before Americans on the East Coast had a clue of what was to come.

Several major and numerous minor earthquakes have occurred in the midwestern and eastern United States ... Below is a map showing the risk of damage by earthquakes for the continental United States.

Two distinct and conflicting forms of nationalism – civic and ethnic – helped create the nation-states of Europe ...

Forecasts by professionals and weather modeling strongly suggest that July will tend hot and dry in much of the eastern United States, a continued preview of what’s on the way in the years ahead.

A recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report concluded that 55% of United States ... South-East, with Florida being less well endowed in rivers than the rest. The rivers in this map ...

East Los Angeles is not only the single largest Chicano/Mexicano population in the country. It is the largest Hispanic community in the United States ... 1781 to 1848: There Goes the Hacienda ...

Several parts of The United States could be ... Nearby New Jersey, the maps modeling predicts, could be hit hard by the rise ...

The eastern equine encephalitis ... in New Hampshire and cases in three other states. On average, about 11 human cases are reported annually in the United States, according to the Centers for ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 58 °F (14.4 °C). Sunny with a high of 82 °F (27.8 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 11 mph (9.7 to 17.7 kph ...

Mostly cloudy with a high of 78 °F (25.6 °C). Winds E at 6 mph (9.7 kph). Night - Mostly cloudy with a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds from NE to NNE at 7 to 8 mph (11.3 to 12.9 kph). The ...