Joshua Horn

Artifacts from World War I are still in the Ice of the Italian Alps

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/10562017/Melting-glaciers-in-northern-Italy-reveal-corpses-of-WW1-soldiers.html

11 years ago

Thomas Jefferson on Idleness

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses…

11 years ago

Soapy Smith and Denver’s City Hall War

The king of the Old West's con men was Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith. He made his money by running "sure-thing" con…

11 years ago

The Tomb of an Unknown Pharaoh Discovered

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/28715

11 years ago

The Friendship of Salem

Come with us aboard the Friendship in Salem harbor, a replica of a 1797 American East Indiaman, and discuss the…

11 years ago

Olumo Rock, Abeokuta, Nigeria

We recently returned from a trip to Nigeria. While there we visited Olumo Rock in Abeokuta. In the 1830s the rock…

11 years ago

In the Year 2014…

  "In the year A.D. 2014 journalists will be writing on the centenary of the Great War—that is, if our…

11 years ago

Petersburg Entrenchments

As the siege of Petersburg, Virginia wound down in the winter of 1864, the fighting slowed down and the soldiers…

11 years ago

The Life of Daniel Webster

Early Life Daniel Webster was born on January 18th, 1782 in Salisbury, New Hampshire. His father had led the local…

11 years ago

Sickness and Disease during the Civil War

Discover the number one cause of death and suffering during the Civil War - disease.

11 years ago

A Thought for the New Year – This Year You May Die

As we enter into the new year, many people will take time to consider what they have done, and plan…

11 years ago