The WHEELING & LAKE ERIE RAILROAD, planned to run from the Ohio River through the coal fields of southeastern Ohio to ports on Lake Erie, was founded in 1871. By 1877 only 13.5 mi. of track had been ...

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Some others include the Sons of the American Revolution, the General Society of the War of 1812, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Colonial Dames, Military Order Of The Loyal Legion Of ...

Almost to exact day and hour, reenactors recreated one of the most historic moments in the early days of the Revolutionary War when Ethan Allen & the Green Mountain Boys & Benedict Arnold raided & ...

Galligher noted the monuments would also serve as memorials for veterans of wars such as the War of 1812, the Spanish-American War, and World War I, when records were sparse, who may have never been ...

and the Lake Erie basin received 112% of its average as the lakes began their seasonal rises. Over the past 12 months, total precipitation has been near the long-term average, ranging from 93% to ...

Taking Trump’s word Although Haines acknowledged the Alien Enemies Act has been invoked only during the War of 1812, World War I and World War II, she said that doesn’t mean it can’t be used ...

Tensions between India and Pakistan have since escalated. But what does ‘act of war’ mean? In international law, an "act of war" usually refers to the use of armed force by one country against another ...

As a young lad in Toronto (at the time called York) during the War of 1812, he displayed unusual courage in the face of the American invaders and played a small but significant role in the shaping the ...

While both sides have expressed a desire to avoid full-scale war, several developments suggest the risk of direct conflict is rising. Newsweek has reached out to the State Department and Iran's ...

Julie and Robert Collareda have lived on the edge of Lake Illawarra for 40 years, making the vast and moody body of water an integral part of their everyday lives and something they look at "100 ...