In the world of imaginative play, the 1873 Colt Single-Action Army revolver toy stands out as a timeless tribute to the rugged spirit of the American West. Drawing on the enduring legacy of the ...

IN his deservedly celebrated treatise on “Sound,” the late Sir John Herschel felt himself justified in saying, “It is vain to conceal the melancholy truth. We are fast dropping behind.

In July 1874, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer led a thousand-man expedition into the Black Hills, in present-day South Dakota. He was under orders to scout a suitable site for a military post, a ...

4/14/1873: The Slaughter-House Cases argued.