Cairncross sailed from Scotland to Canada as a 16-year-old in 1845. He'd been working in a linen factory for 50 cents a week and attained only two years of schooling.

But in the mid-1800s, a small group of physicians set out to change that. Obstetrics was a new field, and they wanted it to be their domain—meaning, the domain of men and medicine.

THE PIECE: A neo-classical mahogany chair possibly made by New Orleans cabinetmaker Francois Seignouret in the mid-1800s and purported by a former owner to be one of the only surviving ...

Cincinnati officials are mapping the city's abandoned lagering tunnels built in the mid-1800s for brewing beer. The city hopes to designate the tunnels as a historic landmark to attract ...

Helena, 1911: "Boat Landing, Helena." Shortly after 1811 the first steamboat had come down the Mississippi, and by the mid-1800s, Helena had become a major shipping port, especially for cotton. In ...

Hardly a modern invention, the electric car has a history tracing back all the way to the mid-1800s. Interest in technology has boomeranged over the years based on both consumer trends and ...

Updated Wed, January 15th 2025 at 1:12 PM On Wednesday, City archaeologist Eleanor Breen shared details about the Alexandria Lock and Basin pieces that date back to the mid-1800s. (7News) TOPICS: ...