Lynchburg, Virginia, about 180 miles southwest of Washington, DC, was a very wealthy town prior to the Civil War. One significant source...

Both my father and grandfather worked their entire careers on the assembly line and as inspectors at the Allis Chalmers factory in West...

Before the advent of adhesive postage stamps in 1840, mail was still sent and received throughout the world. These are referred to as...

Wisconsin became a state in 1848, and in 1898, semi-centennial celebrations were held in Milwaukee and Madison and probably elsewhere in...

Prior to the Postal Act of 1845, rates to send mail through the US postal service were complicated to calculate, and some people opted to...