How Mass Production Won World War I: The Untold Power of Industrial Tech

Today, we recognize the patent act as protection for inventors, but before the act was passed, patents posed a moral dilemma for one of the founding fathers.

In 1793, Samuel Slater built America's first water-powered textile mill–right in Pawtucket. That moment helped spark the Industrial Revolution in the U.S. and transform how the nation worked.

In 1869 the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads converged at Promontory Summit, Utah, completing the Transcontinental Railroad.

Did summer camp save kids from factories? Learn about the unlikely history behind modern summer camps.