Category: History

Thirty-two people died horribly in the dining car after the train struck a defective switch. The following event happened in Honda, California, in 1907. 32…

In 1907, during a smallpox scare, an Osgood, Ohio man with smallpox could not be quarantine. In complete disregard to his community, he exposed nearly…

An Ohio contractor found a pot filled with gold coins while he was tearing down an old building. The contractor announced his amazing find and…

Imagine the good fortune of having a tree blown down on your property, exposing an old tin filled with gold coins that had been buried…

March 19, 1912 — In a remarkable display of bravery and quick thinking, an express messenger single-handedly foiled a daring robbery attempt on a Southern…

Big businesses fight against having to install fenders on commercial trucks. Meanwhile, pedestrians are getting hit and run over by trucks, and are not surviving…

In an odd incident at the Livermore, California waterworks, fireman Peter Zabella stumbled upon a bizarre and unsettling discovery while attempting to fuel the furnace….

In an unusual twist on traditional blacksmithing, some of Chicago’s horse owners were outfitting their steeds with paper horseshoes. Introduced by a German inventor and…

The Knights of the Round Table were the legendary knights serving King Arthur in Arthurian legend. They were the best knights in Arthur’s kingdom, renowned…

An electric car fatally struck an Edgefield, Ohio man in 1904. I’m posting this here because we seem to forget that early cars were electric…