Often lavishly decorated, the pistols are made until dueling falls out of favor in the mid-1800s. This pair of 1786 flintlock pistols was made with ivory stocks and unusually elaborate decorative ...

The United States has long conceived of itself as a haven for immigrants, a place welcoming of any person, no matter their origin, to begin a new life as an American. Flying in the face of this ...

As the 1800s wore on, more and more Americans moved from the farm to the city, abandoning farming to build new industries in the cities. John D. Rockefeller grew up on a farm in rural New York but ...

To honor history while making the house their own, they took it apart piece by piece—then rebuilt the home, incorporating the original materials. "I've always known we wanted to do something ...

are almost identical to those of earlier generations of Japanese and Chinese fishermen who successively fished in Monterey Bay during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

The 1800s saw the Pound Sterling to US Dollar (GBPUSD) exchange rate by and large maintain a rate of around $5 to every £1 with the notable deviations from the rate seen to be aligned with ...

Once he passed, I filed for his pension. I was sent $1,800 a month, and told that was all I was getting because we did not pay into the pension fund so I was not eligible. At no time did they ever ...

There's no stopping the twisted mind of mashup artist DJ Cummerbund, who has delivered his latest head-scratching mix of Korn and UK pop sensation Cher Lloyd. Listen to a Disturbed + Stevie Wonder ...

Handwriting was a prized art form that required formal training. During the 1800s and 1900s, chalkboards were commonly used to teach beginning handwriting skills. “In the 1900s, typically one to ...

Historian Eamonn O'Keeffe says the diaries provide a rare insight into the views of "ordinary people" in the early 1800s A court martial had ordered him to be hanged - but Tomlinson seemed ...

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