You may soon see her face on our currency.  She is a lady who’s story inspires young and old – the story of escaping slavery...

In the late 1850s there was a sale of a farm that was against the laws of the country.  Both the seller and buyer could...

She is one of the best known figures associated with he Underground Railroad.  Her courage led her to become well known within her own lifetime...

At the age of five she was already being leased out by her slave owner to check muskrat traps in freezing temperatures.  She was whipped...

Many of us played the game of baseball as a kid.  Perhaps you had a baseball hero…for me it was George Brett of the Kansas...

A baseball bat is, of course, a critical part of the game – but did you ever wonder where those bats are made that so...

Major league baseball players are required to use wooden bats – aluminum bats are not allowed.  For many decades the wood bats have come from...

There are plenty of interesting stories to be found in the history of the U.S. presidency…and if you take a look at the vice-presidents…well you...

Elbridge Gerry, Rufus King, Schyler Colfax…they’re names probably not that familiar to both of us…yet at one time they were important to everyone in the...

Why did one family move their piano making business from Philadelphia to a fledgling community in the Midwest?  In may seem odd to some, but...