Long before the Europeans came to North America, the Mississippi River was used by the native people to travel from... Read More
Yellow fever, or yellow jack, or even yellow plague is a virus spread by infected mosquitoes. It’s first symptoms are... Read More
Patent medicines are not, as the name would suggest, medicines that have been patented but rather they are commercial products... Read More
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Born to a Quaker family on 15 February 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts, Susan Brownell Anthony was a teacher, an abolitionist,... Read More
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Oyster Trade By the mid 1860’s, the ever-growing oyster market in New York City was assessed at close to five million... Read More
While there is no doubt in my mind that our earliest female ancestors worked, and worked very hard, their choices for... Read More
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Hardship, adversity and heartbreak can often serve as glue that binds families together. Such was the case with the ancestors... Read More
At half past 5 o’clock on April 4, 1883, real estate tycoon Thomas Henry Blythe died suddenly at his home at... Read More
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When Thomas Henry Blythe, a millionaire real estate tycoon from San Francisco died in 1883, no will was found among his... Read More
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The death of Thomas Henry Blythe in his sixtieth year sparked a battle in the probate courts that would last... Read More