Month: November 2017

The Queen of Romance in the 1930’s was Mrs. Wallis Simpson Edwina H. Wilson in her book ‘Her Name was Wallis Warfield’ published in 1936, gives this amazing picture of…

The Three Merry Coblers “Come, follow, follow me! To th’ alehouse weele march all three;Leave aule, last, threed and lether, and let’s goe altogether;Our trade excells most trades i’th’ land,…

In the 1920’s with the advent of the radio, diiferent styles of broadcasting could be the difference between an election victory or defeat, as Vivian Ogilvie expressed in 1953 in…

The Queen of Romance in the 1930’s was Mrs. Wallis Simpson Edwina H. Wilson in her book ‘Her Name was Wallis Warfield’ published in 1936, gives this amazing picture of…

This amazing article appeared in the Sunday Sedalia Capital dated February 1910. Dr. Lee C Miller was with Quantrell until 1864 and took part in all the major raids. His…

The Second Defenestration of Prague was an event central to the initiation of the Thirty Years War which began in 1618. In his book S. Gardiner ‘Epochs of Modern History…

This amazing article appeared in the Sunday Sedalia Capital dated February 1910. Dr. Lee C Miller was with Quantrell until 1864 and took part in all the major raids. His…

The Second Defenestration of Prague was an event central to the initiation of the Thirty Years War which began in 1618. In his book S. Gardiner ‘Epochs of Modern History…

I first heard the story of Richard Norris Williams whilst watching Roger Federer win his first Wimbledon tennis title. The commentator remaked that the first Swiss born ‘major’ winner was…

This appears on the Howard County history website. It is a remarkable story of how Miss Jennie Saunders and Bushwhacker Lee McMurtry ‘tricked’ the Federal authorities. ‘After a fight at…