The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906: How San Francisco Nearly Destroyed Itself by […]
![Photo shows the Davis Family at Beauvoir, Mississippi, in 1884 or 1885 (l to r): Varina Howell Davis Hayes [Webb] (1878-1934), Margaret Davis Hayes, Lucy White Hayes [Young] (1882-1966), Jefferson Davis, unidentified servant, Varina Howell Davis, and Jefferson Davis Hayes (1884-1975), whose name was legally changed to Jefferson Hayes-Davis in 1890.](https://historynet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/jefferson-davis-family-beauvoir-mississippi.jpg?w=1200&h=900&crop=1)
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Living with the Enemy: The Jefferson Davis Family and Their Servants
Beneath the surface of even the Richmond household of the Confederate president, the never-certain […]
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Lebanon, Connecticut
The town of Lebanon, Connecticut, approximately 25 miles southeast of the state’s capital at […]
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Melvin Vaniman: Forgotten Pioneer Aviator
When Melvin Vaniman peered down from his airship at the thousands of well-wishers lining […]
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Triangle Fire: March 25, 1911
At the end of the work day on March 25, 1911, Isidore Abramowitz, a […]
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Daily Quiz for December 12, 2019
The Japanese Imperial Navy named its destroyers after these.
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Book Review: Empires at War and The War That Made America
Empires at War: The French and Indian War and the Struggle for North America […]
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Of Crimes and Shanghaied Sailors
During the Great Age of Sail in the late 1800s, America’s West Coast ports […]
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Eyewitness: Custer’s Last Stand
On June 25, 1876, one of the Indians facing Custer and his 7th Cavalry […]
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A Day to Remember: June 25, 1876
In the early 1870s, as surface deposits of gold disappeared in other parts of […]