The “Petticoat Rulers” Of Jackson, Wyoming
Women’s History Month is here, and in 1920 a group of women made history in Jackson, Wyoming, as one of the first-ever all-female town councils in the United States.
In The 1950s, Groups Of College Students Tried To Cram Themselves Into Phone Booths
In the landline era, if you were out in the world and needed to call someone, you usually had to find a phone booth to do it - and at one time, college students tried to cram themselves into those booths by the dozens.
For 18 Days, Lake Champlain Was A Great Lake
Today in 1998, a little-noticed line in a funding bill for the National Sea Grant Program led the United States to declare that there were not five but six Great Lakes.
During World War II, The US Used Trampolines To Train Pilots
Today in 1945, George Nissen received the patent for a “tumbling device” which we now call the trampoline. And during World War II that invention became a key part of training fighter pilots.
Edith Keating Let The World See What The World Looked Like From The Air
Today in 1884 was probably the birthdate of a pioneer in aerial photography, Edith Keating.
King Cakes: Two Holidays, Three Colors, Lots Of Little Plastic Babies
In New Orleans, king cake is a Mardi Gras tradition, though it's one that started with an earlier holiday.