The film recounts the travel adventures of a young blacksmith's apprentice in the early 1840s as he embarks on a journey from his village in Eastern New York to join his family in Illinois. His ...

With creeks and streams making headlines due to ice jamming and flooding, now is the ideal time to explore the history of a ...

"How did this mid-18th century drawing from England end up in the trash in upstate New York?" A dumpster diver in Hudson, New ...

There is, unfortunately, a scarcity of statistical data on prostitution in the United States in the 1800s. One of the only large-scale studies was “The History of Prostitution,” by William F. Sanger, ...

The winter weather might still have us firmly in its grip, but with spring approaching plenty of brands have started to launch their mid-season sales. These sales are the perfect opportunity to ...

President Donald Trump baselessly claimed that people born during the Civil War – and even before – have been receiving Social Security checks. On Sunday, White House adviser Elon Musk claimed ...

A New York prison guard strike prompted Gov. Kathy Hochul to deploy the National Guard on Wednesday. Hochul's office said 3,500 members of the New York National Guard started reporting for duty ...

When walking down South Street in Oyster Bay in the late 1800s, life looked different. Horse-drawn carriages lined the road, and Snouder’s Corner Drug Store was just getting its start.

The incident happened Wednesday, Feb. 19 at Marana Regional Airport, outside Tucson. Both were smaller, fixed-wing, single-engine planes, according to the Marana Police Department. No further ...

According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, first responders were alerted to a multi-vehicle crash along Interstate 40 in Orange County just before 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon. Troopers ...