Bargain Brides Domestic 0 9 min readBefore online dating websites like Tinder or Match.com, how did our lonely ancestors find love? They placed advertisements in Matrimonial...
Murderer Weds Victim’s Daughter Crimes 1 6 min readOn the afternoon of Sunday, November 24, 1895, in a jealous rage, William Royce shot his former lover, Nellie Patton,...
CSI – The Prologue Crimes 0 12 min readJourney back only a short time in history, when esteemed judges and assembled juries had only the testimony of witnesses...
10 Examples of Fake News from History Advances 2 12 min readThis month, Facebook began prompting users in fourteen countries to read a guide on the fake news phenomenon, with a list...
Sears Roebuck Mail Order Catalogue Advances 2 9 min readLong before the internet and online ordering, mail order catalogues were one of the only ways that the American rural...
Mishap on the Underground Railroad Advances 0 7 min readApril in 1860 began with a cold snap in Nashville, Tennessee and there were fears that the peach crop would...
Women’s Occupations Occupations 3 8 min readWomen’s Occupations in the Early Twentieth Century The logical starting place to learn about what occupational opportunities were available for...
Part Three: 129 Claimants Battle for Thomas Henry Blythe’s Estate People 0 19 min readThe death of Thomas Henry Blythe in his sixtieth year sparked a battle in the probate courts that would last...
Part Two: 129 Claimants Battle for Thomas Henry Blythe’s Estate People 0 12 min readWhen Thomas Henry Blythe, a millionaire real estate tycoon from San Francisco died in 1883, no will was found among his...
Part One: 129 Claimants Battle for Thomas Henry Blythe’s Estate People 2 13 min readAt half past 5 o’clock on April 4, 1883, real estate tycoon Thomas Henry Blythe died suddenly at his home at...
