1742: A "Negro Quarter" of John Colvill, near the mouth of Quarter Branch, near Lovettsville, and the Potomac, is noted in a deed--the first mention in print ... Henry's 1770 map shows 13-year ...

Jan. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1788, Georgia ratified the Constitution, the fourth of the original 13 colonies to do so, and was admitted to the Union. Advertisement In 1811 ...

Route 44’s bad reputation goes all the way back to colonial era In the Colonial era, Connecticut had the dubious distinction of having the worst roads in the 13 original… ...

Long before George Washington went down in history as an American founding father, highest-ranking military leader and the first President of the United States, he found himself forced to surrender ...

The state was among the 13 original British colonies in North America, and is where Patrick Henry famously said, "Give me liberty or give me death," during the Second Virginia Convention in 1775 ...

Before 2013, MLAs never visited villages or unauthorised colonies. Even in villages where there are plenty BJP supporters, they know we will get their work done. On TV, they show videos of dogs ...

Soon, most of the New World was under Spanish control, as this 1582 map of South America shows. The Spanish extracted vast riches from their colonies, and treasure fleets sailed across the Atlantic ...

New Delhi, Jan 24 (PTI) Delhi’s unauthorised colonies, home to approximately 30 per cent of the city’s population, have long been at the centre of the political discourse, especially during election ...

“By regularising many colonies, the BJP government has alleviated the concerns of millions, but the local government has turned them into victims of a disaster. The BJP-led central government is ...

A winter storm will bring heavy snow and hazardous ice from the Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic later this week, the National Weather Service (NWS) has warned. Icing, snow, and other wintry ...

The workers in the colonies are all 3/16ths of an inch long ... Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens ...

There are, I can now admit as I look back to that summer morning, many more reasons not to run across Vermont than to do it.