Virginia City is particularly notable because it was integrated. Black residents – numbering 44 in 1860 before Nevada became a state and about 100 in 1870, according to census records – lived ...

After arriving in California in late 1859, Hannah settled in a town 30 miles southwest of Sutter’s Fort called Vacaville. She ...

Vicksburg was incorporated in 1825, and for 200 years it has been shaped and molded by all who have lived here. And while ...

In 1847, 24-year-old Matilda Joyce fled disease, death and despair in Ireland, believing that she would be delivered to the ...

Episode One covers 1977-1985 and takes place in New York City and Philadelphia ... of methyl isocyanate (MIC) in Institute, Virginia. MIC was the same chemical that leaked at a Union Carbide ...

The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is awarding $8.5 million in ...

March 8 is International Women's Day, and to honor the occasion, LNP | LancasterOnline has compiled a list of some of the ...

South Carolina’s history is deeply intertwined with the founding of America, the Revolutionary War, and the Civil War. It was ...

If a man, who in 1832 was bought and sold, and lashed like a beast of the field, is not in 1860 as industrious ... or a ward politician in this City to the selectman of a Massachusetts village.

The tour takes you 300 feet below the earth through an anthracite coal mine originally opened in 1860. Unfortunately ... before or after your tour. Virginia City Chollar Mine and More Once ...

Known for its history and old West charm, Virginia City is excited to announce its nomination for the Best Main Street for ...

A new exhibit at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture is highlighting Virginia’s role in the American Revolution.