Category: History
Lost Dutchman’s Cabin in the Superstition Mountains
In this article, two men went in search of the Dutchman’s mine and claimed they found his cabin. They also claimed to have seen the…
Woman Holds Up Burglar With A Spoon
A burglar broke into their house and the elder sister held the burglar up with a silver spoon. I thought this sort of thing only…
Slate Dam Station Pennsylvania Train Accident in 1874
Trains were once the main way to move goods and people across the country. While we still use trains for transporting goods, train accidents are…
Pre Prohibition Complaint Against Sacramental Wine
In the years leading up to Prohibition in the United States, people would write in their complaints against alcohol to the newspapers. The temperance women…
Prohibition Has Come To Stay
Prohibition is here to stay? Fortunately, this particular commissioner was incredibly wrong. After all, you can have my beer when you pry it from my…
Queen Mary Would Wipe Blood Stain From Pearl
History is filled with strange stories surrounding gems and pearls. The pearl covered in this newspaper article was found by a poor man who, after…
May Have Found Lost Dutchman
With so many reports on the finding of the lost dutchman mine, I believe that in many cases, including this one, people would state that…
Race Suicide and a Secret Society
In the early 1900s, newspapers were all out of sorts with terms like eugenics and race suicide being bounced around like there would be no…
The Evil Rum Seller Pre-Prohibition
Reading through old newspapers is a fun dive into the past, which isn’t too different from the present in many cases. Take, for instance, the…
Lost Dutchman Mine Reported Discovered in 1914
There must have been numerous mines and mining tunnels within the Superstition Mountains in Arizona because newspapers from the past are filled with claims to…
