Some people are born natural visionaries who are ahead of their time with their progressive ideas about the future. One such man was John G. Wallace II (1877-1945) from Wallaceton near the Dismal ...

They are everywhere, and there is no escape from their grasp. You check your phone, and you see them. You turn on the TV – sure enough, you hit them, sooner or later. You drive to work, and there they ...

The Automobile Age arrived in Fort Worth in the summer of 1902 when bicycle-shop owner H.R. Cromer proudly steered his two-cylinder, 16-hp Rambler down Main Street at the terrifying speed of 8 mph.

Whether it is the newest version of the Apple iPhone or the most current electronic gadget, some people like to be the very first to own the latest technology. But imagine being the very first in your ...

What remained of Marshall McCluer’s horseless hot rod resurfaced, perhaps for the final time, in May, 1946, in a Spring Lake barn owned by his daughter, Mrs. William Pellegrom. Organizers of Detroit’s ...

Every person has a story. Everyday People is a series that seeks to highlight the stories of everyday residents in Massachusetts. SPRINGFIELD- "Springfield is a city of many firsts, and I believe that ...

On August 10, 1899, residents and shopkeepers rushed into the streets of downtown Redlands to investigate a commotion they had never heard before. The foreign commotion was the rhythmic chugging of a ...

The world will mark the 125th anniversary of the invention of the automobile on Jan. 29. Karl Benz filed a patent for a three-wheeled vehicle driven by a gasoline engine in Mannheim, Germany, on that ...

There was a bustling energy to Santa Barbara as the 19th century came to a close. The 1890s had seen the city’s first presidential visit, the introduction of long-distance telephone service and ...