Although the origins of the 1890 maritime strike are disputed, the events that accompanied and followed this strike were a turning point in Australian history. The strike began in Adelaide and rapidly ...

This Day in History: December 30, 1890. On the morning of December 29, 1890, some 150 Lakota men, women and children were massacred by the US 7th Calvary Regiment near Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine ...

When Idaho became the 43rd state in 1890, what was Boise, its capital city, like? Here are some glimpses of that little Western town in that memorable year as they were reported in the pages of the ...

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Women’s clothing went through an interesting transition in the 1890s. Big changes took place in how the clothes were made, bought and worn. Fashions also went from restricting to freeing the women who ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Pottstown resident Henry Rau, a puddler at the Ellis and Lessig Iron Works, finished his shift and ...

THE WAY IT WAS: A June 1890 view of La Crosse’s riverfront, looking south from the foot of Jay St. The large building at left was Listman Flour Mill; the building at center with one smokestack was ...

Cincinnati Police Sergeant Edward C. “Doc” Hill was a big guy. The 1890 history of the Cincinnati Police Department reported that he stood six feet one inch tall and weighed 246 pounds. In a ...

There is a saying that those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it. But those who don’t know their locality’s weather history are destined to not know when it is repeating itself. Details ...

Vancouver was quite rough in 1890. Almost every day, the city’s newspapers carried stories about somebody getting drunk, causing a kerfuffle and being arrested. “The attack on Officer Gibson by the ...