Critical to the success in the early 20th century southern textile industry were the mill villages. Like coal camps and mining towns that supported their respective industries, mill villages supported textile and cotton mills, and consisted of company-provided worker homes, schools, a church, and of course, the company stores. And like the coal camps, housing […]
William W. Wilbur is infamous for having been an auctioneer who owned and operated a mercantile during the pre-Civil War […]
Our nation’s first interstate, the National Road, traversed through Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland. It was the United States’ first fully […]
Of the many token varieties listed in Wright, Miller, and Rulau, few are as difficult to attribute than the merchant […]
Dalton & Hamer’s Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Published 1910. An illustrative guide that covers Conder tokens throughout the […]
Shortly before the American Civil War, an Irish nationalist militia was formed in the United States. Founded by Irish immigrants […]
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