New Zealand's first jail was a simple affair, just a symmetrical four-roomed log building, built in 1840 at Okiato in the Bay ...

The official state meat pie of Louisiana, the Natchitoches meat pie, reflects the colorful mix of cultures that are woven ...

I try to pick a theme for these articles that appear in The Eagle each month. In past years we have examined everything from the difficulties in accurately ...

Possibly descended from horses brought to California by Spanish colonists, the wild Coyote Canyon herd once lived in rural ...

Did colonial Americans wear wristwatches? Wilby McLeod | Savage Harbour, Prince Edward Island ...

This story originally appeared on Stateline. Most Revolutionary War history buffs know the story of Francis Marion, the ...

Countries have been born, subsumed, and redirected at locations in the District of Columbia. Some nations’ most influential ...

What happened to Africa over the years can be analysed through the interlocking power struggles between various caste-like ...

Unionists responded with their own verses. Augustine Duganne, a New York legislator, soldier and poet, asked in an 1863 poem: ...

Local historians have long proclaimed that the American Revolution began in New Castle, NH rather than on the battlefields of ...

Listen to this article Inside Richmond’s historic St. John’s Church in November 2024, a film crew and actors recreated the Second Virginia Revolutionary Convention and the enduring speech of Patrick ...

The 26-room, three-story Bidwell Mansion was built 150 years ago in 1868 by laborers hired by John Bidwell. Bidwell was born ...