The estate started taking shape in 1913, when English immigrant William Robertson Coe, chairman of the marine insurance ...

Originally called the Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children and later shortened to the Thomas Indian School, ...

Enclosed in the original cornerstone of the former McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, R.I. a time capsule was unearthed during demolition to prepare the site for the new Pawtucket High School project. Crews ...

Before Thoreau's "life in the woods," there was Brister Freeman, a formerly enslaved man who won his freedom serving in the ...