So, what kind of people were sailors in the year 1849? The answer? A mixed lot. Typically, sailors were men who chose to make sailing...

As eluded to in the last, I was led to this “what the…?" moment by a friend of the family who has traveled extensively in Nicaragua. My...

In our modern life of being able to communicate instantly, it is hard to imagine that historically, it could take as long as six months...

Technology is everywhere. Most of us wouldn’t be able to function without it in our lives. As a late baby boomer, I remember the first...

One benefit about having our children go to college out-of-state was the opportunity to visit them when they had a break and didn’t want...

It is hard to imagine in our world today, that there was actually such a thing as The Cult of True Womanhood. This article, by Barbara...

In our modern time, coverture isn’t an everyday word. Its implications do still affect us but not nearly like they did in the 17th, 18th,...

In most of our lifetimes, we have had the benefit of the Federal Reserve System, created in 1913, to provide the United States with a...

Keeping in the theme of the mid-1800s western migration, there’s another migration that gets little attention now, although it was, at...

As a land steward, I understand the feeling that comes with knowing that the land you derive your living from is personally owned. No one...

As we all know, our world is driven, many times, by reaction. Today we find ourselves reacting to Tweets and the 24-hour news cycle, our...

When not on actual trips of discovery, I’m in my mountain cabin, laptop, books and papers scattered all around the arcs of my rocking...