On August 11,1880, at around 2pm in the afternoon, what was described in the Lancaster Gazette as ‘one of the most ...

Schwarzman, by his own admission, said, “Like a lot of things in my life, it was an accident [happenstance].” ...

Eli Todd Merriman had a major impact on Corpus Christi throughout his life. With 44 years in the newspaper business, he helped start the Corpus Christi Caller as a young man.

Randolph “Dolph” Doherty was born in 1880 to a bee rancher in the Bakersfield-Fresno area. After heading out on his own at 16 years old, he worked at a dairy ranch, drove horses in oil fields, ...

Kind-hearted strangers have donated to a fundraiser set up to help a 20-year-old man recover after a hit and run in Poulton.

The Gouldens were both actively involved in fighting the Corn Laws and wanted an end to slavery. Sophia was an ardent supporter of women’s suffrage, taking her two eldest daughters, Emmeline and Mary, ...

Nina Helstein has been celebrating the memory of lawyer and Hyde Park resident Clarence Darrow with other Chicagoans nearly every March 13 at a bridge named after him in Jackson Park since she was a ...

Self-taught screw propeller pioneer Henrietta Vansittart is recognised as one of the first women to work as an engineer ...

JULIA Freeman gave a fascinating presentation called “The life and travels of the wife of a bridge engineer” to the Wargrave ...

The 1920s were a period of great change. Vintage photographs provide a glimpse at what life was like for women throughout the decade.

It was the spring of 1880 and Allentown attorney Frederic A.R ... a silk maker from Paterson called the Phoenix Manufacturing Co., was looking to relocate. The new site must be in the northeastern ...

The Louisiana lumber boom lasted from about 1880 to 1925, resulting in 4.3 million ... it's believed that on May 30, 1921, a Black man named Dick Rowland stepped on the foot of a white woman ...