In response to the economic challenges of the 1890s, the United States enacted the Dingley Tariff Act in 1897, significantly...
Before online dating websites like Tinder or Match.com, how did our lonely ancestors find love? They placed advertisements in Matrimonial...
On the afternoon of Sunday, November 24, 1895, in a jealous rage, William Royce shot his former lover, Nellie Patton,...
Journey back only a short time in history, when esteemed judges and assembled juries had only the testimony of witnesses...
This month, Facebook began prompting users in fourteen countries to read a guide on the fake news phenomenon, with a list...
Long before the internet and online ordering, mail order catalogues were one of the only ways that the American rural...
April in 1860 began with a cold snap in Nashville, Tennessee and there were fears that the peach crop would...
Women’s Occupations in the Early Twentieth Century The logical starting place to learn about what occupational opportunities were available for...
The death of Thomas Henry Blythe in his sixtieth year sparked a battle in the probate courts that would last...
When Thomas Henry Blythe, a millionaire real estate tycoon from San Francisco died in 1883, no will was found among...