McDonald, a Scotsman, was the last and longest-serving chief trader at Fort Colvile, serving from 1858 until the trading hub closed in 1871. His great-great-great niece teleconferenced in for the ...

There’s a reason historical fiction author Nikki Rajala titled her presentation at the Morrison County Historical Society ...

Tom Hardy's $500 million Western epic with Leonardo DiCaprio has become an overnight streaming sensation. Find out how to ...

One or more intruders broke into an Iowa mink farm and released 2,000 of the furbearing animals in what a trade group called a "terrorist act" under federal law.

At 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, the Local History Club at Morton Township Library, 110 S. James St., Mecosta, hosted historical reenactor and musician Wally Ewing for an interactive presentation, The ...

Thomas Jefferson and John Jacob Astor wrote back and forth to each other about Astor’s efforts to settle the far west. By ...

The roster of animals that may be trapped legally in Ohio isn’t minuscule, though it has yet to include bobcats despite some clamor to include them. Trapping season, which opens Nov. 10 for sundry ...

As temperatures dip and pavements turn slick, British shoppers scramble for warm, grippy footwear that won’t punish their ...

Explore the Silk Road's historical significance as a transformative trade network shaping cultures, ideas, and economies ...

Every pet parent will emphatically tell you that they absolutely love their pets, and that having their fur babies in their ...

AT MANY HISTORY MUSEUMS, most of what you see, you cannot touch. An object under glass, while it might be valuable beyond measure, can be difficult to visualize what it was like when it was an active ...

Declutter and earn extra cash. Here are 17 places to donate clothes for money while keeping usable items out of landfills.