Tag: History
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Carnage in Pittsburgh – The Railroad Strike of 1877
A strike against the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1877 led to major destruction in Pittsburgh. The cause of the strike and the unrest that followed can be traced to the “Long Depression” which started with the Panic of 1873. A stock panic caused by what was likely the first “Economic Bubble” in U.S. History. The “Bubble”…
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Josiah Henson – Minister, Author, Educator
In school, you probably had the opportunity to read Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’ very few people know that the book is based on the autobiography of Josiah Henson. Josiah Henson was born enslaved in 1789 in Charles County, Maryland. Josiah grew up knowing the brutality of slavery in the United States. Henson…
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Expansion in the British Colonies & Early Pennsylvania
(Author’s Note) The following is a short excerpt from my upcoming book on the forts of Western Pennsylvania. I am finishing the editing phase in hopes to have it in print sometime this summer. In 1740, the British Parliament passed the Plantation Act, this law would contribute largely to the growth of population in British…
The Magical History Tour 