My father often declared proudly he was a hillbilly. He grew up in Illinois on a farm. His siblings made the same claim. Although the medi...

  By Catherine Ulrich Brakefield In the golden crepuscule of our triumphant celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary, we often forget t...

by Sherry Shindelar Fanny Rickets Fanny Lawrence Rickets lived by these words from Ruth 1:16, "Where thou goest, I will go. Thy people ...

The Original Wanted Poster In the Old West (1700 to early 1800’s) the wanted poster communicated to local lawmen that a criminal was at larg...

In my continuing series about Kentucky towns that moved—or disappeared—I couldn't overlook the communities that once stood in what is no...