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U.S. MintThe designs featured on the coins honor Tubman's life and her work as an abolitionist and social activist. The coins include $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins and half-dollar coins. -
AFP via Getty ImagesIn 2023, we marked 20 years since the Iraq War, 50 years since the birth of hip-hop, and 60 years since the JFK assassination. Here's a roundup of historical events we wrote about over the past year.
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Wednesday, Oct. 11 marks the 100th anniversary of America’s “last great train robbery.” The U.S. Postal Service is offering a special postmark to commemorate the holdup gone wrong near the Oregon-California border. -
Mariah Rocker will lead a Jacksonville tour, we get an advance overview in her visit to the JX
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The path out of Oregon's homelessness crisis isn’t simple, nor is it direct. But solutions do exist. To uncover them, it’s important to first understand the origins of this crisis.
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The one hundredth anniversary of the train robbery and quadruple murder at Tunnel 13 in Southern Oregon. Chelsea Rose interviews staff at the Postal Inspection Service and Postal Museum at the Smithsonian about the event.
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The 100th anniversary of the Tunnel 13 train robbery Chelsea Rose talks to Barry Baker, the Deputy Director of the lab, talks about the growth of the science from a century-old tragedy.
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Historians say that a little more than a century ago, when cars first hit the roads, they caused nervous laughter and raised real concerns, much like driverless vehicles today.
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Author Jean Pfaelzer; California. A Slave State
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The effort to unearth Oregon's Gold Rush arifacts
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Bill Meulemans book Dynamiting the Siskiyou Pass: And Other Short Stories from Oregon and Beyond.
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October 11, 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most infamous crimes in Southern Oregon. This tale has train robbers, rumors of gold, dynamite, and all the intrigue of an old timey wild west crime overlaid on the backdrop of a rapidly modernizing world. Four innocent men brutally lost their lives on that day, and the ensuing manhunt captured the attention of the nation.
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The Generations Project works to get people from the LGBTQ+ community to tell their stories, both to preserve history and to promote understanding.
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Students today have no memory of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, so this year's anniversary poses unique challenges for educators and caregivers trying to explain what happened and why.
