Uses Henry Gawthrop’s own accounts to follow his Civil War experience and the 4th Delaware from its organization in New Castle County to its initial deployment in the Defenses of Washington and its ac
"The history of diners in New Jersey, including how diners came to be so important to Jersey culture as well as diner manufacturing's home in the Garden State"--
"Thesmallest state to defend the Union and one far from the battlefront, Rhode Island's stories of the Civil War are often overlooked. From Brown University's John M. Hay, later to become Lincoln's as
Explore the history of The Enchanted Forest, a children's theme park in Ellicott City, Maryland, from its founding in 1955 to its eventual closing and the efforts to preserve portions of the park.
"On November 2, 1895, the newly formed football team at Fremont High School journeyed to Sandusky to play its first gameagainst Sandusky High School. It was the beginning of the second-oldest highscho
OnChristmas Day 1860, the Daily Pittsburgh Gazette announced that more than one hundred cannonsfrom the nearby U.S. Arsenal were to be shipped south. Fiercely loyal to theUnion, Pittsburghers halted t
Engines roared at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the first time in 1960, and the track has been home to some of NASCAR’s greatest races and most honored drivers ever since. Despite early challenges, Bru
Georgetownhas long been home to the most affluent and influential residents of thecapital—but it has also played host to its fair share of high-end misdeeds andwickedly amusing scandals. Culprits rang
Thousands of visitors every year flock to theHistoric Smithville Inn and Village to enjoy restaurants, shops and festivals.The story behind Smithville—the remarkable efforts of its founders, Fred andE
Originally a tribute to Robert E. Lee,Richmond’s Monument Avenue grew to its zenith in the early twentieth century asa place of wealth and privilege. Richmond native and child of Monument AvenuePatric
In 1871, Henry Probasco donated the Tyler DavidsonFountain to the people of the city of Cincinnati in honor of hisbrother-in-law. Probasco wanted to leave a practical and artistic gift to thecity and
Founded by the Sisters of Mercy in Tarrytown formembers of their order before opening to women in 1961, Mercy College hasalways striven to positively impact the lives of its students and the membersof
A history of the Oregon State Beavers baseball program and the team’s road to three College World Series and back-to-back championship titles in 2006 and 2007.
Carolina Beach Music from the ’60s to the ’80s: TheNew Wave picks up where Carolina Beach Music: The Classic Yearsleft off, covering more of those classic beach music tunes as well as the newerself-aw
The Mountains-to-Sea Trail shows off the most spectacular, historic and quirky elements of the North Carolina landscape. Stretching one thousand miles from Clingmans Dome in the Smokies to Jockey's Ri
Sacramento boomed when forty-niners flocked to California, but the road from riverfront trading post to cosmopolitan capital was bumpy and winding. In this collection, historian and local author Chery
To book a ride on the “World’s Shortest Airline” or learn aerial stuntsfrom the redheaded widow of Lawrence Avenue, you’ve got to go through theairports buried beneath the housing developments and sho
From the arrival ofthe Quakers in the seventeenth century to the enforcement of the EmancipationProclamation, Long Island played an important role in the UndergroundRailroad’s work to guide slaves to
The last daughter born to Jotham Bixby, the "Father of Long Beach," Fanny Bixby Spencer (1879-1930) carved her own singular and eccentric path across California history. Born to wealth and power, she
Manyvisitors flock to Plymouth, Massachusetts, each year to view the historiclanding spot of the Pilgrims. Three blocks from Plymouth Rock is CongregationBeth Jacob’s synagogue. For more than a centur
Perch next to the first man to fly over Grand Rapids and share the spine-tingling thrills of wing-walker Ormer Locklear. Learn how barnstormer “Fish” Hassell led locals to the sky from the shores of R
The Puritan Ice Companies operated at Santa Barbara from 1922 to 1986, opening the vegetable markets in the Santa Maria and Lompoc Valleys to wide distribution by pioneering the use of refrigerated ra
North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad was a magical place to grow up in the ’40s and ’50s. Time ticked slowly with The Lone Ranger on black-and-white TV sets, newspaper cartoons like Roy Rogers and nine-cen
At the height of the Great Depression, an eccentric man named George Daynor arrived in Vineland. He was rumored to have amassed a fortune during the gold rush only to lose it in the crash of 1929. Day
The rails and covered bridges of Frederick County are framed by the waters of the Potomac River to the south and the Mason-Dixon line to the north. The county rests at a crossroads of Maryland culture
“Wine,” Benjamin Franklin wrote, “is proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.” The late Patrick Baude added that wine writing is not really “about wine as such” but rather “the good life to
No trip to the Jersey Shore would be complete without indulging in the cuisine that helps make it famous. These foods we enjoy today are part of a long tradition beginning in the Victorian era, when b
