This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
A Patchwork of Civil War Anecdotes and Art Tales
A collection of items recounts diverse scenes from postwar life, from a drummer in the South and a New York doctor’s caution about breakfast meals to a hunter’s garden misadventures in a cavalry family memoir. It interlaces notes on art pioneer George Loring Brown, grazing futures, and a Denver family of frequent accidents, all reflecting era attitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Q. C. Lamar, Jr
Welle
South
New York
Boston Post
St. Michael's
Fay
Baltimore
South Carolina
Atlanta
Engineer Corps
Sherman
Savanny Nah
New Orleans
Montreal
Tom
Mary
Minnesota
Custer
George Loring Brown
Boston
Franklin
South End
George
Peter Parley
Healy
Brown
Theodore McMinn
Treasury Department
United States
West
England
France
Germany
Prussia
Texas
Mexico
Chicago Tribune
Barney
Prof. Mershon
Water Street
Will Barney
Longmont
Boulder Herald
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Dixon
Chicago
Milwaukee
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Idan
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
California
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Union Pacific Railway
Union Depot
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Detroit
Columbus
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Toronto
Philadelphia
East