In the annals of American westward expansion, few voices offer as intimate and illuminating a perspective as that of **Susan […]
Tag: 19th Century America
The Forgotten Collapse: How the Panic of 1873 Plunged America into its First ‘Great Depression’
Long before the infamous stock market crash of 1929, the United States experienced an economic catastrophe so profound it earned […]
The Harlots of the Barbary Coast: Women of the San Francisco Gold Rush
During the frenetic days of the Gold Rush, San Francisco was a land of scarcity, particularly when it came to […]