Rye whiskey "was a rather common beverage" in the early days, according to one observer. "Whiskey drinking was very common among the pioneers." It went under regional names such as Pecatonica and Rock River, "the latter a peculiarly strong water." The community's Fourth of July in 1839 went down in history for the notable performance of two violins and a flute - perhaps our first public concert - and also for the three-day drinking binge that attended the celebration. Whist, euchre and "old sledge" (seven-up) were popular card games, "diligently pursued by skillful amateurs, who straddled a fallen tree all Sunday," recalled one early writer. Within a year of settlement, that picturesque pursuit gave way to serious gambling halls such as the Tiger and the Worser: In Madison: A History of...
An 1856 Indian raid that killed two Seattle residents before being repulsed with the help of a Navy warship is the topic of a Thursday museum presentation in Vancouver. Historian Lorraine McConaghy will discuss the Battle of Seattle at 7 p.m. at the Clark County Historical Museum, 1511 Main St.
In 1856 when James Tolleison Morriss II quit his job at one of Petersburg's leading furniture and casket companies, he no doubt was nervous. Could he make it on his own? Was there enough business in the community to support his new venture? Did he have what it would take to run his own business? As history has revealed, he had no reason to be concerned. In no time at all, J.T. Morriss & Co. was thriving. And after just five years, at the onset of the Civil War, his casket and embalming services proved invaluable to the thousands of local families of Civil War casualties, as well as other families in their times of need. He was on call all day, every day and even purchased an ad in a Petersburg paper that listed his home address, so he could always be reached in this age before telephones.
Saca quizás nunca se lo imaginó. Ex locutor deportivo y empresario de medios de comunicación, es el presidente más joven que han tenido El Salvador, desde que esta nación se convirtió en república independiente en 1856 y al mismo tiempo, el único que llega sin experiencia política anterior, ya que todo su desempeño ha sido en el periodismo y en el sector privado. A Saca le acompañará como vicepresidenta de El Salvador, Ana Vilma de Escobar, ex directora del Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social (ISSS). Es primera vez que esta nación centroamericana tiene a una mujer en la vicepresidencia. Entre sus más cercanos colaboradores, como asesor político, estará Salvador Samayoa, un ex guerrillero y experimentado político. Saca nació en la ciudad de Usulután, en la provincia oriental del m...
It might be hard to believe that Pittsburgh once was at the heart of the Republican Party, considering that, according to the Allegheny County Division of Election, 74 percent of city voters today are registered as Democrats. Yet, Pittsburgh can argue it's the Grand Old Party's national home since Republicans held their first organizing convention during a February weekend in 1856 at the now-gone Lafayette Hall on Wood Street between Third and Fourth avenues, Downtown.
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