Laura Wright
In 1828, newspapers began reporting an extraordinary discovery near Sparta, Tennessee. Several ancient burial grounds had reportedly...
History
Historical facts, figures, and oddities.
Ciupipiltin, as the name appears in older sources, belongs to a group of supernatural female figures in...
Coal mining developed a language all its own. For generations of Appalachian miners, words such as firedamp,...
There was a time when the sound of a train whistle was one of the most familiar...
