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HistOrigin® American History on Windows Pc

Developed By: Local Highway History LLC

License: Free

Rating: 4,2/5 - 6 votes

Last Updated: December 24, 2023

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	1.5.0
Size	12.9 MB
Release Date	May 26, 20
Category	Travel & Local Apps
App Permissions: Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (7)]
What's New: Google Maps stopped serving tiles. Made changes to support google maps.TTS stopped working due to changes made to support maps. Fixed TTS. [see more]
Description from Developer: Listen to the origin story of cities, towns and villages you drive around and through, automatically, while traveling the roads of America. The HistOrigin® free history app is d... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download HistOrigin® American History and install on Windows PC. HistOrigin® American History is free Travel & Local app, developed by Local Highway History LLC. Latest version of HistOrigin® American History is 1.5.0, was released on 2020-05-26 (updated on 2023-12-24). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 500. Overall rating of HistOrigin® American History is 4,2. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 6 users, 4 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to install HistOrigin® American History on Windows?

Instruction on how to install HistOrigin® American History on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install HistOrigin® American History on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install HistOrigin® American History using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "HistOrigin® American History" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install HistOrigin® American History on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "HistOrigin® American History" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.5.0 , 1.4.0.

Download HistOrigin® American History 1.5.0 on Windows PC – 12.9 MB

Download HistOrigin® American History 1.4.0 on Windows PC – 2.5 MB

Listen to the origin story of cities, towns and villages you drive around and through, automatically, while traveling the roads of America.

The HistOrigin® free history app is designed primarily for the automobile traveling public. Great entertainment for the passenger on a long drive. Follow along and listen to the village history as you come close to the next town.

The HistOrigin® project is an on-going effort to collect the origin stories of all cities, towns, villages, burgs, boroughs and hamlets of the United States, and to bring this unique aspect of American history to the traveler.

Why is a town named as it is? When was the land first settled, Who were the first settlers? Why was the location attractive for settlement? These are just a few of the questions the HistOrigin® project attempts provide the user. A great way to pass time and learn a little American history while on a long drive.

HOW IT WORKS

There are 2 modes. TRAVEL MODE and EXPLORE MODE

Travel Mode - Start the HistOrigin® free history app, turn up the volume on your device, set the device down and listen. As you approach the next community on your route, you will automatically hear the Origin Story for that community.

Explore Mode - When you toggle the HistOrigin® app into explore mode, you can move the map around and interact with the community pushpins. Click on a pushpin and a small box will launch, with an options for viewing or listening to the story of the locations earliest village history.

The HistOrigin® project was started as a desire to collect the stories of origins of the communities of the United States. To present this aspect of American history in the form of a travel app, which the public could use in an automated way that would be both entertaining and educational.

There are currently 2000+ stories for communities within the states of New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Users in these states will be able to experience the full functionality of the HistOrigin® app.

The National Historical Marker database has also been added as a table in the HistOrigin® free history app. Users of the HistOrigin® Premium version have the ability to filter out the display of Historical Markers.

PLEASE NOTE. THERE CURRENTLY MAY NOT BE A CITY TOWN VILLAGE HISTORY story FOR YOUR HOMETOWN. However, you will see Historical Markers for the entire nation.

Our database grows every day and our goal is to obtain the Origin Story for every community in the United States.

You can help. Do you know your village history or the origin story for your community? We have provided a form that allows users to add a story to our database. You can access the form from within the HistOrigin® app or the historigin.com website. If you have a story to share, we are interested to hear from you. Help us bring American history into the 21st century build HistOrigin® into a national treasure.

Users of the HistOrigin® Free History app will be unable to filter out/remove the display of Historical Markers. The HistOrigin® Free history app also display's commercial ads.

FEATURES

• City, Town, Village Origin Stories: YES

• All National Historical Marker descriptions: YES

• Ability to filter out categories of data: NO

• Commercial ads displayed: YES

Google Maps stopped serving tiles. Made changes to support google maps.
TTS stopped working due to changes made to support maps. Fixed TTS.

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to access extra location provider commands.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to access information about networks.