Danville mourned a young soldier, Peacham lost two children to fire, and Congress outlawed slavery in new U.S. territories.

Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales is listed, under his state title, as a speaker at the fourth annual Conservative ...

As a boy this Allentown native and longtime Front Street resident had seen the Great Flood of May 5, 1862 that had struck by night and killed many of his friends and neighbors. In 1869 a similar ...

The Great Flood of 1862 that took place primarily in the Lehigh Valley that spring would take hundreds of lives and destroyed many businesses. Early in the spring of 1862 things were looking ...

Aquamation emerges as an alternative to cremation. Lithograph of K Street in Sacramento depicting the Great Flood of 1862. Kwan paints an extraordinarily detailed and realistic picture of the way ...

The singularity of this flood, in exceeding that of 1854 at West ... and there has been a great rush for kerosene, spermaceti, &c., which, however the gas burners declared to be hardly worth ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When you stroll through Old Sacramento, it’s easy to appreciate the charm of wooden sidewalks and historic buildings, but few realize there’s a whole other world hidden ...

After the Great Flood of 1862, Sacramento elevated its streets and buildings creating a unique underground world still present today. Are Cashews Good for You? How Their Benefits Stack Up Against ...

His version of ARkStorm did. Recent climate data was entered into a computer model to simulate what could happen during a multi-day storm like the Great Flood of 1862, which left Sacramento and much ...

Rival crews clashed fiercely with picks, shovels and sheer determination, creating a dramatic showdown. The Great Flood of 1862 This catastrophic event turned much of Sonoma County into a temporary ...

For well over a century, the Great Flood of 1862 has remained among California’s worst natural disasters — a megastorm that’s been used as a benchmark for state emergency planners and ...