In 1848 President Polk appointed Sylvanus Dodge as postmaster in South Danvers, and President Grant appointed Sylvanus Dodge to be receiver of public monies at the Federal Land Office in Council ...

Trump wrapped up a 90-plus-minute session by explaining how he personally worked to redecorate the Cabinet Room, seeming to ...

Four of Polk State College's six trustees rated President Angela Garcia Falconetti as achieving expectations in every measure on the annual review.

Fort Johnson, previously renamed from Fort Polk, will revert to its original name. President Trump announced the reversal during a speech commemorating the U.S. Army's 250th birthday. Fort Polk ...

“From sea to shining sea” may very well have served as the professional motto of James K. Polk, our 11th president. Although he served only one term, he was one of our country’s most ...

Trustee Ashley Bell Barnett accused Polk State President Angela Garcia Falconetti of concealing enrollment numbers and failing to keep her informed.

Next Tuesday, Dec. 28, is the 175th anniversary of President James K. Polk’s approval of statehood for Iowa, while noting in his diary “nothing of much interest occurred today.” Polk’s 1846 diary ...

More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.

In 1848 a Swiss emigrant discovered gold in California; an American army fought its way into Mexico City, thereby concluding a war that added a million square miles to the national territory.

While a Representative, Lincoln challenged President Polk on the claim that the inciting incident of the Mexican-American War had been on U.S. soil.