Remembering Philip Delano: A Leader of the Plymouth Colony
As we head towards the Fall season, and prepare for Thanksgiving celebrations, we honor the memory of the Pilgrim passengers on the Mayflower, who landed at Cape Cod in November 1620, and founded...
August 1876: Thomas Edison Receives the First Patent for “Automatic Printing,” the Precursor of the Mimeograph, and the Business World is Transformed
This month we commemorate the 150th anniversary of Thomas Edison’s invention of an “automatic pen,” which historians credit as the first step toward the invention of the mimeograph machine....
Remembering William Strachey, Chronicler of the Virginia Colony
The man many historians credit as being one of the most reliable first-person chroniclers of the early days of the Jamestowne Colony was William Strachey, who was buried at St. Giles’ Church in...
Wingfield’s War Reshapes Nevada Mining Industry, Following Labor Strife at the Goldfield Mines
Founded in 1902, the town of Goldfield, Nevada experienced a meteoric rise over the next five years to become a center of the mining industry In the United States. By the winter of 1907, Goldfield...
Remembering General Henry Knox, Hero of the American Revolution
The history of the American Revolution is replete with stories of heroism on the battlefield. One of the most iconic examples of courage and self-sacrifice involved General Henry Knox, who was born...
Remembering Catalina Trico, an Early Colonist of New Netherland in 1624
In the founding years of New Netherland (today’s New York), there were very few prominent women to be found amongst the political leaders of the time, even though Dutch women enjoyed a degree of...
Remembering William Howe
On this day in 1814, William Howe, one of the most accomplished British military figures, died. He was a British general who was sent to America in March of 1775and played a major role during the...
Remembering Daniel Morgan
When we think of our Founding Fathers, with a few exceptions we tend to think of political figures like John Adams, John Hancock, James Madison, Patrick Henry, Alexander Hamilton, and the many other...
Louis McLane and the Early Rise of Wells Fargo
When people think of Wells Fargo, images of stagecoaches, gold shipments, and the rugged American West usually come to mind. What’s less known is the role played by Louis McLane, a...
Remembering General Nathanael Greene
The American Revolution produced a number of unlikely war heroes who came out of nowhere to become leading generals in the Continental Army. Henry Knox, for example, was a bookseller in Boston who...
