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Founding of Hopkinsville Hopkinsville, located in Southwest Kentucky, is a city of over 32,000 residents. Settled in 1796, and officially founded in 1804, Ho…

Dan Parnell at en.wikipedia [ CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL ], via Wikimedia Commons The Genesee and Genesee Valley regions of Western New York are known for th…

Excerpts from Aboriginal Occupation of the Lower Genesee Country by George Henry Harris - 1884 The discovery of several tall, 7 and 8 foot skeletons in multi…

Nancy Ann Hart (née Morgan) was born in 1735 in North Carolina to her parents Thomas and Rebecca Morgan (née Alexander). She came from a family line of well-kn…

While their stories and bravery are something to acknowledge (and have been widely covered), one would think that men were the only ones that bravely took part…

The Underground Railroad in New York State played a big part in helping slaves escape and throughout NYS, many smaller towns served as stops for escaped slaves…

Queen Aliquippa (also spelled Allaquippa) was the leader of the Mingo band of Seneca. Many places have been named for her, including the town of Aliquippa in B…

Anthony22 at the English language Wikipedia [ GFDL , CC-BY-SA-3.0 or Public domain],   via Wikimedia Commons Sybil Ludington, whose father was Colonel …

By Jacques Reich  (probably based on an  earlier  work by another artist)  [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Born around 1690 in New York State, S…

The Standing Stone Trail  ( 2 ) , once known as the Link Trail, began its planning stages, and was 'constructed' between 1978 and 1982. Its creatio…

See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The Waxhaw Massacre went by many names, The Battle of Waxhaws , Buford's Massacre and the W…

When the first family arrived at Plain Dealing it was a wilderness over a large area and without development. Before settlers began the move into the area, th…