The Muncy Historical Society recently held a ceremony to honor six military veterans with quilts of valor, but just prior to ...

Small, new and experiencing hard time, Iowa nevertheless emerged from the Civil War as a national leader. Its Capitol still ...

We’re “fixing to take a ride back in history” and cook one of Abraham Lincoln’s favorite comfort meals: chicken fricassee.

The Muscatine Art Center invites the public to experience “Muscatine and the Civil War,” a powerful exhibition that brings the national conflict into sharp local focus while exploring how one river ...

From its earliest days, critics have accused investment bankers of profiteering at the expense of ordinary people.

Stones River National Battlefield preserves the site of a pivotal Civil War clash that shaped the Union’s control of Middle ...

Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin spoke at Assumption University, sharing lessons from history for today's political landscape.

Kate Warne became the nation’s first female detective when she began working for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in ...

In the spring of 1862, Union forces tried to steamroll through the Shenandoah Valley but were met by a stern Confederate army ...

To learn more about 19th-century America, Stacker compiled a collection of 50 essential images that capture what life was like in the 1800s.

Dubai news highlights: A civilian working with the UAE armed forces was killed in Bahrain on Tuesday following a drone attack ...