These are remarkable findings, suggesting rumblings of pessimism and anxiety reminiscent of the 1850s. Certainly no issue in America today carries the kind of profound moral weight that animated ...

Tariffs have been a part of the American fabric since 1789. President Trump has placed tariffs at the center of todays debate ...

Game Rant recently caught up with American Primeval star Kim Coates who portrays real-life Mormon leader Brigham Young. During the conversation, Coates spoke of life in 1850s Utah and the ...

In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, ...

Many American men owned a pair of such pistols, and, from about 1750 to 1850, many were called to use them. The chance of dying in a pistol duel was relatively slim. Flintlocks often misfired.

In his spirited narrative, Taylor shows how the destinies of the three North American powers—Canada, Mexico, and the United States—became forever intertwined. Book Review "A Continental History, ...

The name "Crosby" is synonymous with boat-building on Cape Cod. Established in 1850, the Crosby Yacht Yard is the oldest boat ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a graphic on June 11 depicting Uncle Sam nailing up a poster that reads, "Help your country…and yourself…." Underneath the poster is the command ...

This year marks the 150th anniversary of one of the largest mass lynchings in American history. The carnage erupted in Los Angeles on October 24, 1871, when a frenzied mob of 500 people stormed ...

Shannen Dee Williams, a history professor at the University of Dayton, said she hopes that Leo's "genealogical roots and historic papacy will underscore that all roads in American Catholicism, in ...

This article was originally published with the title “ History of Propellers ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 6 No. 4 (October 1850), ... Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, ...

Shannen Dee Williams, a history professor at the University of Dayton, said she hopes that Leo's “genealogical roots and historic papacy will underscore that all roads in American Catholicism ...