Discover how American agriculture tripled its farms and population from 1860–1910, marking the most dramatic expansion in U.S. farming ...

I do invite my fellow-citizens to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a Day of Thanksgiving, ...

After the war, “Poindexter helped write the rules for Louisiana’s government,” Kiddle states. He was a delegate at the 1867 ...

… [S]outhern Indians too were divided in their feelings toward the Confederacy…. By the winter of 1861–62, a full-blown civil war was under way among the Indians, adding a further dimension to ...

Philly’s Oldest Tavern" by Irene Levy Baker pays homage to the tavern's 165-year history and reputation in Philadelphia.

Grimes Davis rode through the dark like a man convinced Providence had tapped him on the shoulder, turning a doomed ...

York’s No. 17 steam engine returns to New Freedom after a $400K FRA inspection; train rides resume in December.

Hartford, Conn., opened the first Boys Club, inviting young boys off the streets and into a safe place to learn, grow, and ...

Of the nearly 2.7 million servicemembers who joined the United States military to fight for the Union during the American Civil War, Major George Washington “G.W.” Rue had a unique claim to fame.

In a letter to Richard Nixon dated January 16, 1970, his domestic advisor Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote the following regarding the White House approach ...

On the wall of I.W. Cases’ bank is a fine picture of the river opposite Astoria, the work of Mrs. Achey, a painting that is admired by all. It is Mrs. Achey’s intention to dispose of it by raffle, the ...

In 1848 a pro-democracy political movement was lost, bringing many German intellectuals and entrepreneurs into cities like ...