Being a Midwesterner, when I think of the Colonial era, I almost always consider what was going on in other parts of the continent west, nor...

What does The Great Lakes Lighthouse Brides Collection have to do with Colonial America? Nothing. But ... Founding CQ author, Carrie Fa...

The waterways along the Great Lakes aren't given the respect that they deserve for America's Colonial Era. People tend to f...

The term Métis is not new, it's been around for hundreds of years, but its meaning can be a bit murky still. When the first European ...

When people think of early American history, Minnesota probably doesn't come to mind. On the east coast, there are a wealth of historica...

Sometimes it's easy to fall into the rut of thinking all colonial people were British, Protestant, and poor. We remember the Pilgrims...