O Little Town of Bethlehem was written by a parish priest considered to be the greatest preacher of his day. His name...
Richard Potter, the son of a former slave, won fame and fortune with a bag of magic tricks and a voice that...
Just one look at a photograph of Olivia Langdon and Mark Twain was done for. Love at first sight is how he...
Mark Twain liked a good meal, a good cigar and a good cocktail. During a trip to Europe in the 1880s, he...
The Wallingford Tornado of 1878 ranks as one of the worst natural disasters to ever strike Connecticut. It caused so much damage...
During World War II, Rhode Island residents could hear the roar of PT boat engines from Narragansett Bay all day and see...