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Cincinnati, 1853 & 1884 When the Burnet House opened in Cincinnati in 1850, the London Illustrated News called it “the finest ho...

New York City, 1905 While the word “ carnivore” is now used to describe flesh-eaters, modern society may still find use for the obscur...

1873-1894 This essay was published  on Lapham’s Quarterly website in July 2011. T he first populist tea party movement came in ...

Richmond, Virginia 1883 O ne hundred and eighty-nine Union veterans from Newark, New Jersey boarded a train in October 1883 heading fo...

Winter Haven,  1949-1952 When Cypress Gardens opened near Winter Haven, Florida in 1936, it was billed as the state's first commer...

Glassboro, New Jersey 1967 In early June 1967, the Six-Day War was fought by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and S...

Atlantic City,  1964 Some believe the adversarial relationship between t he press and the White House started with Watergate, the po...

Oregon & California,  1976-1978 The anti-nuclear movement has been revived by the recent catastrophe in Japan, “putting government...

New York City,  1886 Dry Monopole, a small, athletic horse named after a brand of Champagne, won the first stakes race run on turf in ...

Augusta, Maine 1858 When the first transatlantic telegraph cable was pulled ashore in 1858, celebrations erupted across the United S...