by Sharon Hall | Mar 4, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
Here are some excerpts from the March issue of Digging History Magazine. It’s packed with stories, beginning with a series of articles on Galveston, Texas: Galveston: The Ellis Island of Texas The Storm That Changed Everything Isaac Cline’s Fish Story So...
by Sharon Hall | Feb 12, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
Potential Digging History Magazine customers have been asking. “Can I pay by check?” The answer is “Yes” but for subscriptions only. Monthly and Special Edition issues are by Credit Card or PayPal only. Why is that? It would simply be too...
by Sharon Hall | Feb 3, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
The word “blizzard”, at least in terms of a violent snowstorm, hasn’t been around as long as one might think. “Blizzard” or “Blizard” are ancient family names, although speculation abounds as to its origin as a surname. One source proposes it may have been a variant...
by Sharon Hall | Feb 1, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
The February issue of Digging History Magazine has been posted and is available for purchase here: February 2018 It’s winter and it’s all (mostly) about snow. Who knew snow had so much history — 52 pages packed with lots of history, footnotes and...
by Sharon Hall | Jul 8, 2015 | Digging History Magazine, Wild Weather Wednesday
Frank Melbourne mysteriously disappeared, although he had long since been found to be a fraud. (In case you missed previous articles, check out Part One, Part Two and Part Three of this series.) Yet, that didn’t stop other so-called rainmakers from attempting to...
by Sharon Hall | Jun 17, 2015 | Digging History Magazine, Wild Weather Wednesday
In the early 1890’s several men claiming to be rainmakers were making headlines — from explosive-laden balloons launched to blast rain from the sky (see Part One of the series) to the super-secret formulas Frank Melbourne, a.k.a., the “Rain...
