My Great Grandmother, Maude Amsden Lynch Volle passed decades before I was born on my mother’s 16th birthday, leaving behind a life her...

Paul Revere ain’t got nothin‘ on Sybil, except a publicist that made him famous. Sybil’s father was the leader of local militiamen in the...

Sarah Elizabeth Kelsey Billingsley lived a true “Wild West” lifestyle. She later ran a stage coach company, along with her husband James...

Lorena Hickok was a brilliant pioneer journalist, capturing some of the best accounts of the grim poverty during the Great Depression....

Ann Rutledge was Abraham Lincoln’s first love. Her death at a young age caused Lincoln’s subsequent deep depression that made him think...