Hardly a modern invention, the electric car has a history tracing back all the way to the mid-1800s. Interest in technology has boomeranged over the years based on both consumer trends and ...

The stories that people tell about invention in the U.S. continue to focus on white men – the Benjamin Franklins, Thomas Edisons and Elon Musks ... as they were in the 1700s and 1800s.

A brief history of holiday songs and hymns. The second installment of a 3-part series, covering the re-invention of Christmas in the 1800s.

It's easy to take bread for granted, with easy access from countless supermarkets, bakeries, or home-kitchen bread-maker devices. But it wasn't always that way, especially in the 1800s when daily ...

Before we investigate the automobile impacts, let’s take a look at transportation in the early 1800s. Roads in Connecticut were not only muddy or dusty, they were also unmapped and night travel lacked ...