CSI – The Prologue Crimes 15 min readJourney back only a short time in history, when esteemed judges and assembled juries had only the testimony of witnesses... Read More
Part Three: 129 Claimants Battle for Thomas Henry Blythe’s Estate People 20 min readThe death of Thomas Henry Blythe in his sixtieth year sparked a battle in the probate courts that would last... Read More
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 Medicine 3 5 min readYellow fever, or yellow jack, or even yellow plague is a virus spread by infected mosquitoes. It’s first symptoms are... Read More
10 Examples of Fake News from History Game Changers 2 15 min readThis month, Facebook began prompting users in fourteen countries to read a guide on the fake news phenomenon, with a list... Read More
Mishap on the Underground Railroad Game Changers 7 min readApril in 1860 began with a cold snap in Nashville, Tennessee and there were fears that the peach crop would... Read More
Part One: 129 Claimants Battle for Thomas Henry Blythe’s Estate People 2 14 min readAt half past 5 o’clock on April 4, 1883, real estate tycoon Thomas Henry Blythe died suddenly at his home at... Read More
Susan B. Anthony, Suffragette Game Changers 9 min readBorn to a Quaker family on 15 February 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts, Susan Brownell Anthony was a teacher, an abolitionist,... Read More
Sears Roebuck Mail Order Catalogue Game Changers 2 11 min readLong before the internet and online ordering, mail order catalogues were one of the only ways that the American rural... Read More
The Women Went to Work Occupations 2 8 min readWhile there is no doubt in my mind that our earliest female ancestors worked, and worked very hard, their choices for... Read More
The Ill-fated Sultana Disasters 3 6 min readLong before the Europeans came to North America, the Mississippi River was used by the native people to travel from... Read More