Said was born Mohammed Ali ben Said around 1836 in Kuka (now called Kukawa) to a Kanuri father and a Mandara-Margi mother. He ...

Rich history and small-town charm collide with rubber duck racing and bread roll flinging among miles of nature in Christian ...

But the department's history with horses dates back to the end of the Civil War. In those days, providing your own horse was a prerequisite to becoming an officer. In the modern era, mounted ...

Then again, the weight in question was an unusually hefty one, given it came in the form of Ripley Castle, a vast and ancient ...

When visitors enter the Underground Railroad Museum in Flushing, Ohio, their first question is ‘Was this a stop on the Underground Railroad?’ The somewhat ...

• Gov. John Hickenlooper said, “This is the best day of the year,” on the day that Miss Loveland Valentine Ellen Colpitts ...

Litchfield’s G.A.R. Hall holds a special place in my heart. For about three years, while I was writing my two Terry Tales books, it was my second home. It was in the G.A.R. that I ...

This is the same bridge that Civil War soldiers crossed and the bridge Mosby’s horse ran across! It is the oldest operating bridge in Virginia. The bridge was constructed between 1826 and 1827 ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers who went to war — have been serving in combat for centuries.

A strong oral tradition ties Lafayette’s visit to the Blue Ball Inn, on the Old York Road south of Shrewsbury. That tale of ...