59 Historic Pieces From Early America That People Collected

Sometimes, it’s hard to grasp just how different the United States looked several centuries ago. Before modern homes, sleek ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Why 18th-Century Americans Were Just as Obsessed With Their Genealogy as We Are Today

Karin Wulf's new book, Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America, explores the many ways in which people of the past reflected on their family histories. Illustration by Meilan ...
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6 things that were normal in early America that would be illegal today

American life in the 1800s and early 1900s ran on a very different set of rules. Some things were sold ...

America 250: How American pipelines changed access to energy

For much of early American history, oil and natural gas were only valuable if they could be used close to where they were ...
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Early American technology : making and doing things from the colonial era to 1850 / edited by Judith A. McGaw

Introduction: the experience of early American technology -- Technology in early America: a view from the 1990s -- The exhilaration of early American technology: an essay -- Lost, hidden, obstructed ...
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Witchcraft in early North America / Alison Games

Section I. Witchcraft in early North America : an introduction -- Beliefs : Europeans -- Beliefs : west and west-central Africans -- Beliefs : Native Americans -- Colonization, witchcraft, and ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ste. Gen couple cooks 1800-era recipes using 1800-era techniques — for YouTube

Justine Rayfield rolls out a pie crust according to the specifications of the early 1800s. Her husband Ron hand-built the rustic cabin where they shoot videos for their YouTube channel, Early American ...
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Four myths about an early American Christmas

WASHINGTON (Amazing America TV) — When you think of celebrating Christmas in America, you probably picture Christmas pageants, trees decked out for the season, and presents tucked underneath. But ...