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 River of Notes and Oddities From a Century Ago
A miscellany column recounts future politics and fashion, a canal scheme over the Alleghenies, elephant sagacity from a Missouri circus, ghost reports near Bacon Quarter Branch, cholera outbreaks in India, and quirky vignettes from American life. Includes tall tales, local curiosities, and brief notices of fires, lawsuits, and personal misfortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alleghenies
Potomac River
Youghiogheny
Washington
Potomac Company
Simon Bernard
Louis Phillippe
Napoleon
Bacon Quarter Branch
Richmond
Henry Miller
Ile
Mitchell Street
Louis Jones
He Sory Ganzert
Stiens