In April of 1860, the J.R. Grant Leather & Saddlery Hardware store at 145 Main St. in Galena, Illinois, welcomed…
For the past 50 years a popular postcard image believed to have been taken between 1910 and 1912 has long…
With the explosive crack of the assassin’s Derringer pistol, Major Henry Rathbone jumped to his feet in an effort to…
Prologue On Saturday, September 27, 1856, Colonel Roswell B. Mason, engineer-in-chief for the Illinois Central Railroad Company, notified the railroad’s…
In 1848, the Wisconsin Territory joined the Union of States as Wisconsin – America’s 30th state. In the first few…