Everyone goes through a rebellious phase. You know... ...You could be responsible for the fall of Western Civilization , just like Justa Grata Honoria, the Roman prince... ...powerful enough to defy Valentinian and risk open war with Rome. Only one man fit that description: At...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/03/16/The-Scheming-Princess-Behind-the-Fall-of-the-Roman-Empire/Washington, DC, has plenty of ghost stories. The m... ...uo;The story probably goes back to the post– Civil War era. The main thing is that the people who would...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/03/14/The-US-Capitols-Demon-Cat-Legend/(Image credit: Knowledge)The following article is... ...fought for the Americans during the Revolutionary War , and then switched sides and sold secrets to the... ...ic Park, was donated to the site by Revolutionary War historian and former Civil War general John Watts de Pey...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/03/12/7-Truly-Odd-Monuments/In 1852, Laurel Cemetery opened on the outskirts o... ...re, along with thousands of others, including 240 Civil War veterans. But over time, the cemetery company cou...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/31/The-Grim-History-Hidden-Under-a-Baltimore-Parking-Lot/The following is an article from the book Uncle Jo... ...ANGS OF NEW YORKTweed shrewdly exploited the turf wars between Irish, Scottish, and Dutch gangs. He use... ...ential in local politics into the 1960s. But when civil service reforms eliminated patronage and welfare...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/29/The-Plundering-Politician/Although slavery continued in the United States un... ...ntinued in the United States until the end of the Civil War , the importation of slaves from Africa was banned... ...slaves to Mobile.With the nation edging closer to civil war over the slavery issue, Alabama steamboat captain... ...fter they were ensla...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/25/The-Last-American-Slave-Ship/The following is an article from Uncle John's Triu... ...n is too short for wheat, rye became a major crop. CIVILIZATION ON THE RISEAround 2000 B.C., the Egyptians hit th... ..., and on animals. And under the right conditions ( warm liquid, and sugar or starch to feed on), it will... ......and more than four...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/15/When-Did-People-Start-Making-Bread/General Daniel E. Sickles (previously at Neatorama... ...ilip Barton Key, the son of Francis Scott Key), a Civil War hero, an amputee, a New York City alderman, and a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/14/The-Contentious-Burial-of-Bo-Bo-the-Blenheim-Spaniel-of-Civil-War-Hero-General-Daniel-E-Sickles/Neatorama is proud to bring you a guest post from... ...c disaster involving a flood, prominent enough to warrant an exposition midway exhibit and a film.And in a... ...ennsylvania, was the biggest news story since the Civil War . Today, the flood is ranked as the third-greatest... ...le to relieve a high lev...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/01/10/Black-Friday-1889-the-Johnstown-Flood/Doctors in the 19th century had few tools to actua... ...better- opium. It was widely used in the American Civil War to treat the pain of catastrophic injuries and am...
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