This cover is an interesting one, and I would love to confirm who sent it and what was in it. The cover was sent from Madison, Wisconsin,...

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...