The 1918-20 influenza pandemic reached deep into every neighborhood in every town and city in the United States – well, almost. It...
The recent discovery of the Wheeler-Thoreau shanty site by Jeff Craig is revealing exciting new details as the archaeological evaluation of this...
During the Great Depression, the U.S. government built 2.3 million outhouses in rural America. They earned several nicknames, including the Roosevelt Outhouse,...
Native-American slavery began almost as soon as English colonists arrived in Plymouth, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts Bay. The earliest records date...
Among his many accomplishments, which include founding Quebec City and mapping New France, Samuel de Champlain started a war. Born into a...
When Dutch elm disease first appeared in southwestern Connecticut, horrified New Englanders responded immediately to save their beloved elms, state agriculture experts...