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The history of North America encompasses the past developments of people populating the continent of North America. While it was commonly accepted that the continent first became inhabited by humans when individuals migrated across the Bering Sea 40,000 to 17,000 years ago, [1] more recent discoveries may have pushed those estimates back at ...
The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last few ...
Western music (North America) Western music originated as a form of American folk music. It was originally composed by and about the people who settled and worked throughout the Western United States and Western Canada. Directly related musically to old English, Scottish, and Irish folk ballads, Western music celebrates the life of the cowboy ...
World music (term) Etymology. Coined early 1960s to describe non-European, non-North American music [1] " World music " is an English phrase for styles of music from non-Western countries, including quasi-traditional, intercultural, and traditional music.
Exploration of North America. The exploration of North America by European sailors and geographers was an effort by major European powers to map and explore the continent with the goal of economic, religious and military expansion. The combative and rapid nature of this exploration is the result of a series of countering actions by neighboring ...
Mandolins in North America. 1916 Gibson F4 with arched and carved top, curled scroll and oval soundhole. The mandolin has had a place in North American culture since the 1880s, when a "mandolin craze" began. [1] [2] The continent was a land of immigrants, including Italian immigrants, some of whom brought their mandolins with them.
The Boundary Fire was a 2017 wildfire in Arizona that burned 17,788 acres (7,199 ha) of the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests. The fire was ignited on June 1 when lightning struck a spot on the northeast side of Kendrick Peak within the Coconino National Forest. The fire spread rapidly because of high temperatures, steep terrain, leftovers ...
