But by 1862, imports of coffee were down by 40 percent ... Brazil had been the main supplier to the United States. The Union blockade of Southern ports, including New Orleans, had slowed coffee ...

After placing her under surveillance, Pinkerton caught a Union soldier passing Greenhow battle maps. After arresting ... banished her from the North in May 1862. Back in the South, Greenhow ...

They were soldiers and blockade runners ... The most egregious example came from Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who ordered in 1862 that all Jews be expelled from Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi ...

Roving historical plaque dedicated to the “The ‘Battle’ of Adams Hill” that occurred May 9, 1861, during which only one gun ...

UPDATE: CFMEU secretary John Setka says he won’t resign despite the union paying a $3.55 million ... The CFMEU has been forced to pay for the illegal blockade of Melbourne’s Emporium shopping ...

a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union representing those challenging state legislative maps. Lawyers for the state, defending the current maps, say that the state has complied with a ...

With the spring high school postseason inching closer, athletes throughout the Salem-Keizer area have continued to deliver standout performances. Woodburn senior Sergio Bravo had a personal-best ...

Confederate cavalry commander, John Hunt Morgan, launched his first raid into Kentucky. According to Lowell H. Harrison’s The ...

With the spring high school postseason inching closer, athletes throughout the Salem-Keizer area have continued to deliver standout performances. McKay senior Winnie Cheung won three consecutive ...

After the Soviet Union crumbled in the early 1990s, something altogether eerie was discovered. Hundreds and thousands of maps of countries and cities throughout the world had been drawn up by ...

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