You’ll find thousands of kettle holes in New England, but you won’t find them everywhere in the United States. They can be...
The evolution of New England laws from a religious basis toward secular Common Law happened gradually. It took a big step forward...
Leonard Black couldn’t read or write when he escaped slavery in Maryland, but he found a way to pay for his education....
On Feb. 6, 1821, young Capt. Nathaniel Palmer and the four-man crew aboard the Hero were becalmed in uncharted waters off Antarctica,...
Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1834 commissioned a paddlewheel steamboat called the SS Lexington to be the fastest and most luxurious in operation. She...
Joshua Hempstead throughout his long life in colonial New England pursued many business activities, some of which carried perils almost unimaginable today. ...