3+ week, 3+ day ago  (464+ words) MIDLAND, N. C. (Investigate TV) " The California Gold Rush of 1848 triggered a mass migration west, but gold was discovered more than 50 years earlier in North Carolina, 2, 000 miles east of California. In 1799, 12-year-old Conrad Reed discovered gold when he skipped church to go…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (76+ words) We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (560+ words) In February 1777, Thomas Jefferson helped establish an evangelical church. What? Yes, that'Thomas Jefferson. It was called the Calvinisitical Reformed Church of Charlottesville. And it met in the local courthouse. Why, that's enough to give the ACLU apoplexy.' This was less…...

11+ hour, 3+ min ago  (199+ words) May is Preservation Month, and this year the Historical Sites Society of Arcata in collaboration with the city of Arcata's Landmarks Committee, is marking the occasion with a special photographic display. This exhibit features p" Properties featured in the exhibit…...

7+ hour, 50+ min ago  (459+ words) A Maryland woman purchased a vase for about $4 on a clearance rack at a local thrift store, and kept it in her home for a few years. Upon visiting the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, she recognized that…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (310+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) " A new resolution at the Tennessee State Capitol is putting a spotlight on Appalachian culture and the way people speak throughout the region. The measure, which passed both the House and Senate unanimously, officially recognizes the history…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (596+ words) Known as the "godmother of civil rights," Dorothy Height fought not just for racial justice but for women's equality. Despite being largely pushed to the background during in the fight for racial and gender equality, Height is now recognized as…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (405+ words) Three civil'rights workers disappeared in Neshoba County in 1964. Their murders exposed the depth of racial terror in Mississippi " and forced the nation to confront it. In the summer of 1964, Mississippi became the center of a national push to register Black…...

29+ min ago  (364+ words) My friend Kathleen's horse, Zander, kept snatching at the tall blades of grass, while Major, my stalwart mount, kept eyeing the brightly colored spring wildflowers popping up between the wet sedges. Nothing like an early morning trail ride to put…...

35+ min ago  (705+ words) It is a book that records the 19th-century descendants of some of the most notorious troublemakers in naval history: the sailors responsible for the mutiny on the Bounty. Now, the Pitcairn Register " a handwritten volume that registered the births, marriages…...