In my installments on this topic to date, I have been tracing the first stages (from the 1880s to 1945- the end of World War II), of the...

Florida developer Dick Pope Sr. with piano and ballet dancer, Cypress Gardens, 1963 (from Saturday Evening Post (reproduced in The...

As mentioned in my last (introductory) post, my intent in this series is to explore the back story of how climate change and domestic...

Now that I’ve completed my series on the Civil War experiences of Union soldier Francis Harris, I am beginning a whole new series, on the...

Undated photo of Francis Harris (courtesy of Jessica Harris) When I ended the last installment about the Civil War experience of Union...

Welcome to another installment of the Civil War story of Union Private Francis Harris of the 12th New Jersey Infantry, based on his...

I last left the story of Union Private Francis Harris in May 1863, just as he was completing his most dangerous period yet in his 31...

Greetings, readers! As you can tell from the title, I'm taking a break from the ongoing Civil War story of Private Francis Harris of the...

When I left off the last installment of the story of Private Francis Harris and the Union 12th New Jersey Regiment, it was the beginning...

At the end of my second installment of his Civil War story, Private Francis Harris of the 12th New Jersey Infantry had just arrived, on...

Greetings, readers! I am back again with the next installment of the Civil War story of Private Francis Harris of the 12th New Jersey,...

As promised at the end of my last (Civil War) history post, I am continuing my pattern of alternating topics. Time for another...

Greetings, readers! I am about to start a whole new direction in these posts for the near future. I will continue the overall pattern of...

I broke off my story of the German-American community, in my first post on the topic, roughly in the late 1870s. I had described in brief...

As you the reader will see, I am about to do another big change in subject matter; after 3 posts on the general (environmental and...

[Brief starting note: I apologize for the general lack of visuals in this post! I strongly recommend a very recent report by the...

When I concluded the first part of this post on the Electric Vehicle revolution, the story had reached the early 2000's, including the...

Quite possibly the most expensive electric car (other than hypercars) at the moment- the Pininfarina Anniversario (cost- approximately...

Welcome to the second part of my post on the press and its role in the Spanish-American War of 1898, specifically the Army expedition to...

Greetings, readers! I will be continuing my thread of the history of American war correspondents. I'm now up to the 1890's and the...