Rourke Discovery Library (Library)
5 total works
Briefly presents Christopher Columbus's 1492 journey from Spain into the unknown.
A simple introduction to Independence Day and the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
Briefly presents the Pilgrims' 1620 trip from England to Massachusetts and what life was like after their arrival, including the feast of thanksgiving which they shared with the native people.
Introduces the Underground Railroad, a group of people and places through which runaway slaves escaped to freedom before the Civil War.
A simple description of the nineteenth-century expedition from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean which was undertaken by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Shoshone Indian Sacagawea.