One of Florida's many ghost towns was founded by its twelfth governor, who was also a magnate in the lumber business. The ...

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Historical and sociological perspectives reveal why certain societies or subgroups resist change, often rooted in cultural ...

It’s interesting how the southwest metropolitan area of the Twin Cities grew into a patchwork of cities, but there might have been more today if a few more places had survived. Today, we consider them ...

As commodities go, ice is probably not the first that comes to mind. You have a freezer full of it. But in the 19th century, before artificial refrigeration, natural ice was a prized — and ...

Today, unaccompanied minors can travel by plane, usually with a staff member who escorts them through the airport. But what ...

After working eight years as a nurse, Rebecca Lee Crumpler began medical school at the New England Female Medical College in 1860 ... spies, steamboat pilots, surgeons and teamsters also ...

The road trip focuses on the best options along the fastest path from Minneapolis to Yellowstone. This takes drivers from ...

BY ROBIN MIMNA Among the notable figures of Enterprise history, few command attention like Harriet “Hattie” Brock. She was ...

One fearless albeit ill-tempered lifter of lumber was William Morrison, known as Wildcat Jack, whose alias survives at ...

The north-south trails from St. Paul to Dubuque (Iowa) and from Fort Atkinson (Iowa) to Winona, along with the east-west travel along both the Chatfield Territorial Road and the State Line Trail, ...