Category: History

Below is a fascinating newspaper article published in 1915 about a military spy and his spying techniques. From pretending to be a butterfly hobbyist to…

A New York City girl steals money from a shoe shop and spends it on the seven children of a poor family. Newspaper describes her…

A lone highwayman, armed and masked, held up four stages on the Yosemite stage road, robbing 70 passengers before being captured by a sheriff and…

A gas explosion at the Fraterville coal mine in Coal Creek, Tenn., claimed between 175 and 225 lives, making it one of the deadliest mining…

Roberto Molino, a poor farmer, discovered a $5 gold piece while digging mesquite roots on a land grant. He called his sons to help continue…

Albert Dameron, a young farmer in Roanoke County, discovered $14,000 in gold and $601 in silver coins dating back to 1823 while plowing on his…

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…