Category: History

Visiting the Civil War battlefields around Richmond, Virginia raised a lot of questions about the boys and men who were injured during the Civil War….

Revolutionary War General Greene needed to get a message to General Sumter, but after none of his men volunteered for the job, an 18-year-old Emily…

It is estimated that anywhere between 620,000 to 850,000 soldiers died in America’s Civil War from 1861 to 1865. while the war between North and…

A lot of interesting, do-it-yourself items were published in newspapers during the Civil War including the following recipe for toothpowder. I am placing this recipe…

In 1855, Seyer wrote a list of easy recipes for soldiers in the field and the recipes were printed again for use by the Confederates…

There was a huge kissing phobia in the early 1900s and it was recommended to use lemons and an antiseptic kissing screen if there was…

In 1888, a reporter traveled to Russia and asked an official there about how many people were killed by wolves each year. The official replied,…

Check out this “flying” fish merry go round car invented in 1904. I must admit that when it comes to carnival rides, the only one…

The past is filled with numerous strange and dangerous cures for illness, including this Romanian cure for convulsions. This news report appeared in 1909 and,…

There are excellent foster parents who provide children with love and care and then there are those who beat and abuse the innocent lives placed…