The 1890s marked a time caught between old traditions and the rise of the modern world. Steam engines powered the pace of life, and carriages still clattered down cobblestone streets beside the first ...

Take a fascinating account of Columbus in the 1890s. Kristen Newby at the Columbus Metropolitan Library provides a fascinating account of Columbus, Ohio, in the 1890s. The photographer captured the ...

KEARNEY – The lives of George Sr. and Phoebe Frank are well-documented at the G.W. Frank Museum of History and Culture. The lavish home’s Colorado sandstone exterior, imported tile, handcarved oak ...

In the 1890s, my Scott Paper company introduced a new, “unmentionable” product: bathroom tissue. It introduced paper towels in 1907 to help keep schools sanitary. In 1915, I developed Cellucotton ...

The legendary crusader for justice, Ida B. Wells, investigates unreported lynchings across the United States at the threat of her own life in the 1890s.

In the 1890s, a trip to the seaside was a grand occasion, and towns around the Coastal Bend built showcase hotels to attract the vacationers. Col. John H. Traylor built the Aransas Hotel on the ...