The Raft
A Smörgåsbord of Stories from History

Announcing our contest winners!

Top Five Tussles: K-State/KU

When K-State’s Coach had a Vision: Literally!

Why was Richard called Lion heart?

Who was the real Richard Lionheart?

The tragedy of Clifford’s Tower.

Climbing Clifford’s Tower

Enter my History Buddy Contest!

Benjamin Franklin’s Lightning Rod

The gulp that saved a town.

The Defenestration of Prague.

Get to know Thirty Years War.

King Pyrrhus of Epirus.

When rain fell from a clear sky.

The Greek Colonies.

A medieval love story, part 4.

A medieval love story, part 3.

A medieval love story, part 2.

A medieval love story, part 1.

History as Heart and Mind.

Dr. Linder on history professoring.

The Week’s Roundup.

Sweet, but smelly, Anne of Cleves.

The rise of Thomas Cromwell.

Pytheas and the Land of Tattooed People.

Dido was no dodo. Go Carthage!

Original Beard-That-Was-Feared!

Harald, a Cool Guy of History.

King Canute commands the sea.

The week in review.

What Churchill believed. BONUS CLIP.

Churchill’s childhood and a ghost!

Lord Randolph and Lady Jennie Jerome.