It was the 1843 Copper Rush on Michigan’s Keenesaw Peninsula that the towns of Hancock and Houghton owe their existence. Long known about by Native Americans for millennia, the area possessed rich deposits of copper and silver ores. With primitive mining activities dating back as far as 7,000 years (more…)
Dalton & Hamer’s Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Published 1910. An illustrative guide that covers Conder tokens throughout the […]
William W. Wilbur is infamous for having been an auctioneer who owned and operated a mercantile during the pre-Civil War […]
Shortly before the American Civil War, an Irish nationalist militia was formed in the United States. Founded by Irish immigrants […]
The Tyson & Company omnibus service operated in New York City in the mid-18th century. The company operated several routes, […]
Situated at the southernmost tip of Manhattan, Fort Clinton was erected as defensive countermeasure to British forces as the threat […]
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