- Adams, Abigail Smith (1744-1818)@
- Learn about Abigail Smith Adams, the wife of the second President of the United States, John Adams. Sites feature biography, vital stats, birthplace, history of the house, virtual tour, photos, and online resources for the First Lady and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States.
- Adams, Henry (1838-1918)@
- Addams, Jane (1860-1935)@
- Anderson, William "Bloody Bill" (1840-1864)@
- Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906)@
- Learn about Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), the American civil rights leader who fought to secure women's suffrage in the United States. Sites include life, career profile, achievements, historical background of suffrage movement, museum exhibits, and annotated directory of sites about the independent social reformer and abolitionist.
- Armistead, Lewis (1817-1863)@
- Barton, Clara (1821-1912)@
- Benjamin, Judah P. (1811-1884)@
- Billy the Kid (1860-1881) (15)
- Black Elk (1863-1950)@
- Blackwell, Elizabeth (1821-1910)@
- Booth, John Wilkes (1839-1865)@
- Learn about John Wilkes Booth, the American actor who assassinated the U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Sites offer biography, trial, as well as the mystery around his death, autopsy, and burial.
- Boyd, Belle (1844-1900)@
- Bragg, Braxton (1817-1876)@
- Breckinridge, John C. (1821-1875)@
- Brown, John (1800-1859) (6)
- Bryan, William Jennings (1860-1925)@
- Buffalo Bill (Cody, William F.) (1846-1917) (6)
- Find sites for Buffalo Bill or Willaim F. Cody (1846-1917), the legendary American buffalo hunter and showman. Sites offer biography, documentary, museum exhibits, and news reports which analyze the life of the man and the myth behind the founder of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show. Also find sites for Buffalo Bill Musuem and grave.
- Bunker, Eng and Chang (1811-1874)@
- Learn about Chang and Eng Bunker, the conjoined twins upon whose condition the term "Siamese Twins" was coined. Sites include biography, pictures, and articles about the twin brothers who were joined at the sternum and had a fused liver.
- Burnside, Ambrose Everett (1824-1881)@
- Butch Cassidy, The Sundance Kid, and The Wild Bunch (6)
- Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1818-1893)@
- Calamity Jane (Cannary, Martha) (1852?-1903) (5)
- Find out about Calamity Jane or Martha Canary, the frontierswoman who gained fame by fighting the Native Americans in the 1870s through sites featuring her writings, photos, biography, and articles about her famous association with the legendary gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok.
- Calhoun, John C. (1782-1850)@
- Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1919) (7)
- Find sites for Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), the Scottish-born American businessman, philanthopist, and the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company which later became U.S. Steel. Sites feature biography, career overview, television series, sponsored peace programmes, as well as organisations and institutions set up by and in the name of the industrialist who built one of the most influential corporations in the U.S. history.
- Carney, William H. (1840-1908)@
- Carrington, Henry Beebee "H.B." (1824-1912)
 - Served as a Union general. - Carson, Christopher "Kit" (1809-1868) (5)
- Cartwright, Alexander (1820-1892)@
- Carver, George Washington (1864-1943)@
- Learn about George Washington Carver, the African American African American botanist and chemist. Sites provide biography, articles, and pictures of the inventor whose work led to advances in agriculture, chemistry, and textiles.
- Catt, Carrie Chapman (1859-1947)@
- Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence (1828-1914)@
- Chase, Salmon Portland (1808-1873)@
- Chesnut, Mary (1823-1886)@
- Chief Joseph (1840-1940)@
- Clay, Henry (1777-1852) (7)
- Cleburne, Patrick (1828-1864)@
- Crazy Horse (1845?-1877)@
- Learn about Crazy Horse, the Sioux leader who fought to preserve the traditions and values of Lakota people. Sites include biography, lifestyle, the struggle against the Federal government's attempt to takeover the native people's lands, and other achievements of the leader who was also known as Tashunka Witco, "his horse is crazy."
- Crockett, Davy (1786-1836) (4)
- Read about Davy Crockett, the 19th-century American folk hero, soldier, and politician. Sites provide an overview of his biography, timeline, quotes, articles, and text of a speech by the King of the Wild Frontier.
- Cruzatte, Pierre@
- Custer, George Armstrong (1839-1876) (8)
- Dalton Gang (2)
- Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889)@
- Find sites for Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), the first and the only president of the Confederate States of America. Sites offer biography, political life, handwriting samples, retirement home, and the documentary editing project about the American statesman who advocated for slavery and for States' Rights.
- de Cleyre, Voltairine (1866-1912)@
- Debs, Eugene V. (1855-1926)@
- Dix, Dorothea (1802-1887)@
- Doubleday, Abner (1819-1893)@
- Douglas, Stephen A. (1813-1861) (8)
- Douglass, Frederick (1817-1895) (15)
- Dunglison, Robley (1798-1869)
- The first professor of anatomy and medicine at the University of Virginia and personal physician to Thomas Jefferson.
- Early, Jubal (1816-1894)@
- Earp, Wyatt (1848-1929) (6)
- Eastman, George (1854-1932)@
- Read about George Eastman, the innovator and entrepreneur, who invented the roll of film and revolutionized the photography industry by making it accessible to the masses. Sites include biography, history of the invention, patents, legacy, facts, and career highlights of founder of Eastman Kodak Company.
- Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931) (10)
- Explore the sites for Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), the American inventor of electric bulb and many more who was one of the first to apply mass production to the process of invention. Sites feature biography, family mementos, inventions, numerous patents, photos, motion pictures, sound recordings, and commemoration of Fort Myers' most famous citizen who was dubbed as "The Wizard of Menlo Park."
- Ericsson, John (1803-1889)@
- Farragut, David (1801-1870)@
- Finney, Charles G. (1792-1875)@
- Forrest, Nathan Bedford (1821-1877)@
- Freeman, Elizabeth (1742-1829)@
- Fremont, John C. (1813-1890) (5)
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- Gates, John W. (1855-1911) (1)
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- Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)@
- Find sites for Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), the General who led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War and who was elected the 18th President of the United States. Sites offer life, historical background, trivia, photographs, obituary, and biographical notes capturing glimpses of his presidency and private life.
- Greenhow, Rose O'Neal (1817-1864)
- One of the most renowned spies of the American Civil War.
- Hallidie, Andrew (1836-1900) (2)
- Find out about Andrew Hallidie (1836-1900), who promoted the world's first practical cable car system in San Francisco. Sites feature biography and achievements of the pioneering San Franciscan who introduced wire rope manufacturing in California.
- Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins (1825-1911)@
- Harper, William Rainey (1856-1906)
- The story of the first president of the University of Chicago.
- Harrison, Henry Thomas
- Detailed account of Gen. James Longstreet's famous scout.
- Hart, Nancy (1846-1913)
- Biography, photograph, genealogy, and more concerning the Confederate scout and spy.
- Hearst, William Randolph (1863-1951)@
- Henson, Josiah (1789-1883)@
- Hickok, Wild Bill (1837-1876) (6)
- Explore the life and times of Wild Bill Hickok, the U.S. Marshall and western hero known for capturing the McCanles gang and for his work in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show through sites offering biography, historical background, quotes, and newspaper report of his death.
- Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (1823-1911) (6)
- Hill, Ambrose Powell (A.P.) (1825-1865)@
- Hill, Benjamin Jefferson (1825-1880)
- Hollerith, Herman (1860-1929)@
- Holliday, Doc (John Henry) (1851-1887) (5)
- Hood, James Bell (1831-1879)
- Hooker, Joseph (1814-1879)@
- Hopkins, Frank T. (1865-1951) (4)
- Houston, Samuel (1793-1863) (4)
- Howard, Oliver Otis (1830-1909) (4)
- Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910) (5)
- Ingersoll, Robert G. (1833-1899) (9)
- Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall" (1824-1863)@
- Jacobs, Harriet Ann (1813-1897) (5)
- James, Jesse (1847-1882) (6)
- Jay, John (1745-1829)@
- Johnny Appleseed (Chapman, John) (1774-1845) (9)
- Explore sites about John Chapman, the nurseryman popularly known as Johnny Appleseed. Sites feature history, articles, timeline, puzzles, and images of the man who introduced the apple to large parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
- Jones, Casey (1863-1900) (4)
- Read about Casey Jones, the legendary engineer from Jackson, Tennessee through sites featuring stories, articles, essays, and info on the Casey Jones Railroad Museum State Park.
- Jones, Mary Harris (Mother Jones) (1830?-1930)@
- Key, Francis Scott (1779-1843) (4)
- Kinte, Kunta (c.1750-c.1810)@
- Lafitte, Jean (1780?-1825?)@
- Learn about the famous early 19th century pirate Jean Lafitte known for his piracy in the Gulf of Mexico and recognised for his heroism in the Battle of New Orleans. Find links to legends of gold, buried treasure, and smuggling activities.
- Latimer, Lewis Howard (1848-1928)@
- Lee, Robert Edward (1807-1870)@
- Find sites for Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870), one of the most successful generals of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Sites feature life, family, pictures, personal letters, museum exhibits, views of slavery, and biographical notes delineating the U.S. General as a soldier, educator, friend, and father.
- Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)@
- Learn about Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States best known for ending slavery and preserving the Union during the Civil War. Sites offer biography, history, timelines, family, museum exhibits, drafts of speeches, political scenario during his tenure, and the legacy left behind by the President who gave up his life in his efforts of building an ideal country.
- Lincoln, Mary Todd (1818-1882)@
- Learn about Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of the U.S. President Abraham Lincoln remembered for her high-strung, touchy, and "spend-thrift" ways. Sites feature biographical profile, historical background, movie, and research site about the First Lady of the United States from 1861 till the assassination of her husband in 1865.
- Lodge, Henry Cabot
- Includes a text of his essay, For Intervention in Cuba.
- Loring, William Wing (1817-1886)
- Soldier, statesman, author.
- Macy, Anne Mansfield Sullivan (1866-1936)@
- Madison, Dolley Payne (1768-1849)@
- Find sites for Dolly Payne Madison, wife of the U.S President James Madison, who was known for her rescue of valuable treasures including state papers from the White House before it was burned by the British army in 1814. Sites offer life, history, online exhibits, personal letters, images, and the Easter egg roll custom which began in the White House at the First Lady's suggestion.
- Madison, James (1751-1836)@
- Explore the sites for James Madison, the fourth President of the United States also known as the Father of the Constitution. Sites feature biography, historical documents, personal accounts, online exhibits, annotated correspondence, and tribute to the U.S. President who built a movement of grass roots political activism during the early 1800s.
- Marshall, John (1755-1835)@
- Masterson, Bat (1853-1921) (4)
- McBeth, Kate and Sue
- Letters, diary, photographs, and government documents from 1873 to 1893 related to the missionary experierce of the McBeth sisters on the Nez Perce Reservation, Idaho.
- McClellan, George Brinton (1826-1885)@
- McCreary, James B. (1838-1918)
- Twice governor of Kentucky, soldier, statesman, and patriot.
- McKnight, Bernard
- Story of a Union soldier who was captured and sent to Andersonville Prison.
- Mitchell, Maria (1818-1889)@
- Learn about Maria Mitchell, the American astronomer first to discover a comet with the use of a telescope and was the first woman admitted to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as the American Philosophical Society. Sites feature biography, scientific achievements, and the Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association.
- Morse, Samuel F.B. (1791-1872)@
- Find sites for Samuel Morse, the inventor of the telegraph and the Morse Code. Sites provide biography, Morse family tree, and images.
- Moses, Jefferson
- Diary and later memoirs of Private Jefferson Moses, Company G, 93rd Illinois Volunteers.
- Mott, Lucretia Coffin (1793-1880) (2)
- Murietta, Joaquin (1809-1853)@
- Notorious Clanton Gang, The
- Created by a member of the Clanton family, a history of the gang, its members, and their role in the gunfight at the OK Corral.
- Oakley, Annie (1860-1926) (5)
- Osceola (c.1804-1838)@
- Otis, Elisha Graves (1811-1861) (4)
- Find sites for Elisha Graves Otis, the American who invented the elevator safety brake which conceptualized the mass construction of skyscrapers. Sites offer biography, facts of about the invention, and the Otis Elevator company founded by the American inventor.
- Parker, Quanah (c.1845-1911)@
- Paul, Alice (1885-1977)@
- Pinchot, Gifford (1865-1946)@
- Place, Etta (2)
- Powell, John Wesley (1834-1902) (4)
- Pulitzer, Joseph (1847-1911)@
- Learn about Joseph Pulitzer, the American publisher best known for posthumously establishing the Pulitzer Prizes and for originating yellow journalism.
- Quantrill, William Clarke (1837-1865)@
- Queen Liliuokalani (1838-1917)@
- Rillieux, Norbert (1806-1894)@
- Rockefeller Family, The@
- Rockefeller, John D. (1839-1937) (8)
- Sacagawea (1790?-1812 or 1884)@
- Sacagawea is the Shoshone Indian guide who assisted Lewis and Clark on their momentous expedition west. In 2000 she became immortalized on the golden dollar coin.
- Seward, William (1801-1872) (1)
- Shaw, Anna H. (1847-1919)
- 1919 New York Times obituary for suffragist and women's rights advocate Anna Howard Shaw.
- Shaw, Robert Gould (1837-1863)@
- Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)@
- Sitting Bull (1831-1890)@
- Smalls, Robert (1839-1915)
- Former slave who became a Union hero for commandeering Planter, a Confederate transport vessel loaded with armaments from Charleston harbour on May 13, 1862.
- Smith, Amanda (1837-1915)@
- Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874) (1)
- Smith, Jedediah Strong (1799-1831) (9)
- Stanford, Leland (1824-1893)@
- Stanton, Elizabeth Cady (1815-1902)@
- Stephens, Alexander H. (1812-1883)@
- Sutro, Adolf (1830-1898)@
- Find sites for Adolph Sutro (1830-1898), the Jewish engineer and mayor of San Francisco through sites featuring biography, career profile, and historical contributions including Sutro Tunnel across Comstock gold mines, Sutro Baths, and many more. Also includes a documentary film about his remarkable achievements.
- Tarbell, Ida (1857-1944)@
- Taylor, Frederick Winslow (1856-1915) (6)
- Learn about Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915), one of the intellectual leaders whose dynamic "Taylorism" ideas highly influenced the Progressive Era in the U.S. history. Sites feature biography, career profile, time-and-motion studies for improved worker productivity, and other organisational psychology approaches initiated by the American engineer who sought to improve industrial efficiency.
- Thomas, George H. (1816-1870)@
- Tocqueville, Alexis de (1805-1859) (2)
- Find sites for Alexis de Tocqueville, the French political thinker and historian whose political philosophy laid foundations to the present day U.S. democracy in America. Sites offer biography, pictures, as well as English translations and online editions of the political philosopher who emphasized upon equality of social conditions for better individuals and better society.
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- Truth, Sojourner (1797-1883) (12)
- Tubman, Harriet (1820-1913) (14)
- Turner, Nat (1800-1831)@
- Tweed, William Marcy (Boss) (1823-1878)@
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius (1794-1877)@
- Vesey, Denmark (1767-1822)@
- Walker, Mary Edwards (1832-1919)@
- Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915) (17)
- Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) (7)
- Webster, Noah (1758-1843)@
- Browse through sites with biographies and other information on the American lexicographer, textbook author, Bible translator, spelling reformer, writer, and editor.
- Whitman, Narcissa (1808-1847)@
- Whitney, Eli (1765-1825) (4)
- Learn about Eli Whitney, the American inventor and manufacturer credited with creating the first cotton gin in 1793. Sites feature biography, genealogy, museum exhibits, and his innovative concepts and designs which set standards for mass production in American manufacturing.
- Wilkes, Charles (1798-1877) (4)
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