by Sharon Hall | Jul 4, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
July 4, 1876 – The United States was celebrating its first centennial eleven years following the end of the Civil War. In Philadelphia, soldiers from the North and South, “the Blue and the Gray”, marched together. There were lively and soul-stirring festivities held...
by Sharon Hall | Jun 10, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
“Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel…and away she goes, the...
by Sharon Hall | Jun 2, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
The June issue of Digging History Magazine features stories on road-tripping (as it’s called today). These road trips, however, were a far cry from the ones we take today. The early ones took weeks to cross America from coast-to-coast — shovels, shotguns...
by Sharon Hall | Jun 1, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
This month’s issue of Digging History Magazine is out and available for sale — or better yet, start your subscription with this “Road Trip!” issue. Articles include: On a Whim and a Bet: America’s First Coast-to-Coast Automobile Trip...
by Sharon Hall | Apr 10, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
Who would name their son “States Rights”? Certainly not a Yankee! A few years ago while snooping around Find-A-Grave to research a person to write about for my “Tombstone Tuesday” column, I stumbled across men named “States Rights”...
