From stolen train riches in 1870 to a Washoe Tribe basket gifted to President Wilson, a trove of lost treasures have vanished ...

Train robbery loot from 1870 and a basket gift from the Washoe Tribe to President Wilson are among the treasures lost over the past 180 years.

Our TV movie pick for tonight (Sunday, 18 May) is Ravenous, the brilliant Western horror thriller starring Guy Pearce ...

On any given day, you could have legendary TV news anchor Walter Cronkite bringing his sailboat into the local marina, actor ...

The College Avenue train station in Upper Alton opened in 1928, serving travelers to Chicago, St. Louis, and more.

In 1846, the pioneers of the Donner Party left Independence, Missouri, on the Oregon Trail, beginning their ill-fated attempt ...

who onscreen embodied the stalwart pioneer spirit central to the mythos of her Sacramento family—descendants of settlers who prudently avoided the fate of the Donner Party by refusing to take a ...

History is a fascinating subject. The history of us humans spans over 300,000 years, and it's been marked by victories, ...

“Moreover, the ‘desolate area’ setting highlighted by Plaintiff is a common element of survival stories, including historical events such as the travails of the Uruguayan rugby team in the Andes or ...

including historical events such as the travails of the Uruguayan rugby team in the Andes or the Donner Party in the Sierra Nevada,” he wrote. In the original filing, Eden Film Productions ...