Long before the Europeans came to North America, the Mississippi River was used by the native people to travel from...
Just after eight o’clock on the evening of 9 April 1904, a policeman walking his beat in the cold and...
On 11 March 1864, just before midnight, the Dale Dyke Dam collapsed and a great flood surged through parts of...
There are a good many young women who seem to think that to ‘keep company’ with, and afterwards to marry,...
HAMMER AND FILE GRINDER Wanted, a steady, good WORKMAN. –Apply Monday afternoon, ROBERT RENTON, Yorkshire Hammer and File Works, Napier...
By 1931, over 22% of the population of Canada were immigrants. George and Annie Brown were among those who left England...
On 11 July 1778, W. Jackson, the proprietor of a store in High Street, advertised his wares in the Oxford Journal...
One of our ancestor’s greatest fears was the highly contagious smallpox, a disease that has thankfully been considered to be...