The Lee Monument in Richmond has been the epicenter of the latest protests against police brutality and systemic racism in the city. It...

What does measuring tape have in common with kissing? In the 19th century, they were closely connected, and the Powell Family Papers held...

Ariana was a 19th Century African American woman in Loudoun County, Virginia. She was born in about 1816 and was enslaved by Charles...

I've just completed a research trip to Henry, IL and am astonished at what I was able to find on the Powells - including their home,...

A well caught fire in September of 1859 near Henry, IL, creating a spectacle that townspeople rode out to see like tourists. It made the...

Charles L. Powell rode a train for the first time on April 3, 1835, and he had a wild ride: another passenger was almost crushed to...