Eli Whitney’s cotton gin was not as instrumental in pushing the United States to Civil War as many believe, a history ...

In 1794, Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gin. In 1812, the U.S. government authorized the issue of America's ...

The Bluff Line Railroad, established in the 1890s, faced natural disasters and ceased operations in 1930.

From 1925: The Spokane Chronicle trumpeted the news that “for 12 hours next summer, Spokane will be the golf and humor ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ...

More signs with more history and more accessible storytelling aboutour nearly 400-year-old national historic landmark are ...

The Hamden location is closed for at least the next couple days management said though the brick oven site across the street and the Elis in Branford are open.

In 1879, physicist Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany. In 1883, German political philosopher Karl Marx died in London at age 64. In 1885, the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera “The Mikado” ...

1 827—The first Black-owned and operated newspaper in America begins publishing. It was Free­dom’s Journal. It published weekly in New York City from 1827 to 1829. Editors John Russwurm and Samuel ...

Most of those infections have been seen in wild bird populations, with two known instances of backyard poultry flocks ...