Archaeologists have found thousands of pipe fragments in and around the fort site, including “president pipes” dated to election campaigns of the 1840s and 1850s, Huff said.

A number of early settlers of the Fulton County village were from the Scottish city of Dunfermline (pronounced "Done-ferm-lin ...

A memorial to honour babies and infants whose graves have been discovered near a North Yorkshire church has been planned. The ...

Lee Kantar, the only state moose biologist in the country, is charged with everything from managing the hunt to countering ...

In the 1840s and 1850s, millions of immigrants arrived in America from Ireland, during and after the Potato Famine, and various German states. The Irish were stereotyped as heavy drinkers, prone ...

The 4th of July is a holiday that means national celebration. But what that looks like has changed through the decades. From bonfires and muskets to barbecues and parades, Americans have found ...

The clock tower was built in the 1840s and 1850s but it wasn't until 1862 that the clock was fully functional. It has been ticking almost non-stop now for almost 150 years! There are stairs that ...

Anti-Catholicism helped form the basis of the “Know-Nothing” political party that ran candidates during the 1840s and 1850s.

Rooted in the pre-Gothic architecture of medieval Europe, the Romanesque Style first came to America in the 1840s and 1850s. Romanesque buildings emphasized rough stone, dramatic arches, and ...

Object Details maker Brown, Mahala Description A variety of plain-woven and roller-printed fabrics from the 1830s and 1840s were used to piece the “Whig’s Defeat” pattern for this quilt. Quilted ...

During the 1840s and 1850s, massive inflows of Irish émigrés produced an even greater reaction. A potato famine swept across Ireland and prompted nearly 2 million Irish men and women to chance ...

Built between the 1840s and 1850s, the one-story, one-room stone portion of the building was most likely a home to farmers and may also have been used by local African American families.