Both publications are quoted in the book “Pittsylvania’s Nineteenth Century Grist Mills” by late county historian Herman Melton (1991). The origin of the name Galveston, according to local legend, ...

On May 20, 1875, delegates from a group of 17 countries gathered in Paris to sign what may be the most overlooked yet ...

Amancio Williams's ideas emerge as the result of a deep understanding of the most advanced trends of his time.

Minnesota’s history is filled with defining moments that left a lasting imprint on the land, from its early Indigenous ...

Hudson's Bay, Canada's oldest company, is seeking court permission to auction off its artifacts, art and even the royal charter that gave the business the power to dominate the 17th century fur trade.

The prestigious fellowships will support the creation of new books by Yannis Hamilakis, a professor of archaeology and modern ...

The already strained relationship between Britain and the fledgling U.S. hit a boiling point in the early 19th century.

Nova Scotia’s cultural landscape is as diverse as its coastline, shaped by Mi'kmaq, French Acadian and African Nova Scotian ...

In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China against the British Empire. The first began in 1839, when Britain launched a ...

Photo: Paul J. RICHARDS / AFP/File In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China against the British Empire. The first began in 1839, ...

They studied hundreds of historical texts and their mood boards took inspiration from Franz Xaver Winterhalter’s paintings of deities and affluent 19th-century families. Their most valuable ...