The local one-room school was the answer, often built by nearby farmers. In fact, most of the teachers were elderly daughters of nearby farmers. Abraham Lincoln attended a one-room school in rural ...

Abundance," which explores urban and environmental politics from 20,000 feet, is a useful reframing that goes beyond urban housing debates.

Ewing Young and his men drove a herd of cattle into the Willamette Valley in 1837, providing a basis for the dairy and beef ...

But the House and Senate need to resolve their differences on the debt limit, as well. The House GOP increases the debt limit by $4 trillion, but the Senate lifted it to $5 trillion so Congress would ...

Among a collection of daguerreotypes for sale at Christie’s is one made by Samuel F.B. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, ...