Web Directory

» Beaumont, William - Family and Genealogy
   Dr. William Beaumont (1785-1853) was the U.S. Army surgeon who researched the physiology of human digestion, working with a patient who had a hole in his stomach.
   http://www.james.com/beaumont

» Biographical Directory of American History
   Links to a large collection of textbook-style biographies of prominent people in US history.
   http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/biographies/biographies.cfm

» Corbett, Boston
   The story of Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot and killed John Wilkes Booth.
   http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln32.html

» Eastman, George
   The story of George Eastman, and the transformation of photography.
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eastman/

» Fisher, Carl
   How the vision of entrepreneur Carl Fisher created America's premier vacation destination - Miami Beach.
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/miami/

» Freeman, Elizabeth 'Mumbet'
   One of the first black women slaves to be set free in the USA.
   http://mumbet.com/

» Green, Hetty
   All about the Witch of Wall Street, who died the world's most famous miser.
   http://www.brfwitness.org/Bread/witchws.htm

» Murrow, Edward R.
   Portrait of Edward R. Murrow, a journalist who dared to uphold freedom of thought in a time of McCarthyism.
   http://www.evesmag.com/murrow.htm

» Spotlight Biography: Elections and Voting
   Article on three people who changed the electoral landscape in America: Andrew Jackson, Lucretia Coffin Mott, and Carrie Chapman Catt.
   http://educate.si.edu/spotlight/elect.html