Hugh Chalmers was born on October 3, 1873. His parents, Thomas and Jeanette, had eight children; Hugh was the seventh. At age 14, Hugh Chalmers started work at the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio.
There is an ancient legend about the name of the Elephant and Castle coaching inn in the painting above by John Charles Maggs. The name was meant to honor Queen Eleanor of Castille
Charles Jasper Glidden retired from a telegraph and telephone company at age forty-three. He had worked since age 16 and was a very wealthy man. Soon after retirement, he and his wife Emma sailed for Europe. He bought a car in 1901; it was
In his book, Professor Conrad Norcross Addison, historian in residence at the University of Alaska, recounts scores of roundtable conversations in which he participated in the late 1940s, ‘50s, and the early ‘60s. “Name three people you would invite to dinner,” was a favorite topic
The history of America’s West is filled with memorable characters whose names have been forgotten and their achievements ignored. Many of the forgotten were women, and many of those women were teachers. Teachers have been leaders in every civilization. They
HAZELDEN FARM
BROOK, INDIANA September 23, 1908
As a way of looking at history from two sympathetic perspectives, Jim Rasenberger’s book, America, 1908 came to market in January 2007 accompanied by the following review:
During the 366 revolutions that the earth made
Francis “Frank” Bishop (even his mother called him Frank) was born in Canada. The Bishop family moved to New York in 1891 to find work. Frank’s father was able to join the shop-crew in an Otsego County sawmill.
Minnie Brousseau was born in
Last Thursday at noon, I stepped away from my desk to check the thermometer in my backyard. The meter is shaded by a very old pin-oak tree, but it still registered 101°. The following day, I left home early in the morning
In every dime novel or short story ever read or barroom legend ever told over a shot of Coffin Varnish or Tangleleg whiskey, we hear about the fierce rivalries between cattle and sheep farmers that took place during the Sheep Wars in the
In north-central Italy is Cremona. Since the early 16th century, the traditional craft in the village has been violin making. Primarily, the craft was perfected by three families, each of which has, to this very day, a reputation for precision, exactness, and excellence.
Quite a long
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