The 1831 duel between Thomas Biddle and U.S. Rep. Spencer Pettis, D-Mo., began with slights against the former's brother and ...

By 1830, public discourse had grown just as toxic as today. During that year’s midterm elections, several blistering speeches ...

He had an all-consuming hatred of the Second Bank of the United States ... With dueling outlawed in Missouri and neighboring ...

Closer to the Mississippi River, some of the east bank plantations occupied what is ... In the first U.S. census after Jefferson Parish was created, in 1830, Jefferson’s population was 6,846 ...

Simon Parker is so enamored with off the beaten track America, that he has cycled across the nation twice. Here are 23 of his favorite small towns - and top tips for when in town.

The other five are part of the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: Mound City, Hopeton Earthworks, High Bank Works ... removed west of the Mississippi River in the 1830s. " ...

Officials in Vicksburg and Warren County continue to prepare for flooding from the Mississippi River. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as of Friday morning, the ...