I love city directories. Like phone books before there were phones, these alphabetical listings of people living within the city are treasure troves of historical information. One particular ...

In the 1800s, it was common to wear hair. Known as hairwork, mostly women wove the hair of loved ones into patterns that they’d then seal inside a locket, braid into a bracelet or knot for a ring. The ...

For close to 40 years, Leila Cohoon — and later, her daughter Linda Clifford — welcomed tourists to the family’s small museum in Independence, Missouri. There were two common reactions, Clifford ...