Early beds were made with a wooden frame. Ropes were tied across the frame in a criss-cross pattern. A straw mattress was…

The Mississippi River was the main way of traveling from north to south. Riverboats carried passengers and freight but they were expensive…

Most men in the early west carried a jack knife made by the Buck knife company. When playing poker it was common…

This came about from the ironclad ships of the Civil War. It meant something so strong it could not be broken.

This is synonymous with dying. During WW1 soldiers were given life insurance policies worth $5,000. This was about the price of an…

American fighter planes in WW2 had machine guns that were fed by a belt of cartridges. The average plane held belts that…