When the Army Corps of Engineers sought to reduce Beacon Rock to rubble, Henry Biddle purchased it for $1 in 1915. Before ...

The early 1800s for example saw the Pound Sterling depreciate against the Greenback to $3.62 during the Pound-weakening Napoleonic wars (1803 -1815). For the US Dollar, the US Civil war (1861 ...

Sometimes, people like to think of the past as a steady, stable time where tradition ruled the day. Ironically, learning about antiques can prove that notion wrong; and some of the best lessons can ...