Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

Reporting from San Diego — A hundred years ago, San Francisco had something to prove. Its leaders wanted the world to know they had rebuilt since the earthquake and fires of 1906, and they wanted to ...

El Paso City Council passed an ordinance, which went into effect June 14, 1915, making El Paso the first city in the nation to ban marijuana, according to the El Paso Times. Several states, including ...

Since 1885, housing was a major concern for residents of Glasgow, in particular those who relied on tenement housing for shelter. These residents were primarily men who worked in industrial labor and ...

Water from the flooding River Des Peres covers DeBalievere Avenue and surrounds the Jefferson Memorial (now the Missouri History Museum) on Aug. 20, 1915, when 6.4 inches of rain fell in St. Louis.