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Alton residents gathered for a special 1955 YWCA luncheon, celebrating community and friendship at the historic venue.
1862 — President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which granted 160 acres of federal land to some U.S. citizens ...
On May 20, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which was intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi River by making federal land available for private ownership ...
Researchers are trying to rebuild sea ice above the Arctic Circle so it can reflect the sun’s warming rays, slowing climate ...
A haze of ice crystals in the air created a halo around the low sun as three snowmobiles thundered onto the sea ice on a ...
NordSpace is a Canadian space technology company building orbital launch vehicles, a commercial spaceport, satellite systems, and hypersonic defence products ...
Baystreet.ca News Commentary – Gold has rebounded again this week, driven in part by a fresh Moody’s downgrade to the U.S.
Amelia Earhart is one of the world's most celebrated aviation pioneers whose mysterious loss is still mourned today, but did you know on May 21, 1932, the record-breaking pilot landed in Ireland by ...
Green hydrogen might not be crossing the Atlantic just yet, but the groundwork is definitely being laid. In a big step toward ...
In Kentucky, there is a theme park with a Noah's ark as its centerpiece. The park was built by Answers in Genesis, which teaches a literal view of the Bible. The group carries on the debate between ...
“Lindbergh lands in Salt Lake; Entire city goes wild in cheering as plane comes,” read the headline. Stories that day reported that crowds of more than 200,000 cheered as Lindy circled above in his ...