This week's Ken Bridges Texas History column is part 1 of a 2-part series exploring the disastrous Red River Expedition.

Located in northwestern Tulsa, Okla., the neighborhood was alive with Black political and economic power during the early ...

Statue of Burns in Dumfries town centre, unveiled in 1882. David J Black reminds us just how famous Burns was. See part one ...

I was inspired by an 1890 photo of Dutch boys to understand their wide pants. This rabbit hole led me to explore the origin ...

Surnames can reveal much about your family history, but they can also be a minefield of misinformation. By Paul Blake. Twenty members of the public describe what spurred them on to discover more ...

The old Dunbar School in Lexington is now a North Carolina Local Historic Landmark after the Lexington City Council voted ...

The term mental hygiene has a long history in the United States, having first been used by William Sweetzer in 1843. After the Civil War, which increased concern about the effects of unsanitary ...