Because federal troops had been stationed in Austin after the Civil War, many formerly enslaved Black Americans found a safe place to raise their families in Austin.

Recipes from a time when Southern infrastructure was a long way from being restored, but families had to keep everyone fed.

By Tracey Howerton Special to NKyTribune Have you ever written a letter to the President of the United States? Dr. Benjamin ...

Robert Donaldson was born Oct. 13, 1828, in Perry County, Ohio. He was the son of Thomas Donaldson and Nancy Saffer Donaldson. Both natives of Virginia, Thomas and Nancy immigrated to Ohio in 1823 ...

This was a mere six months after the end of the Civil War, at a time when Southern states ... Along with that, these women were more often than not the family homemakers, the ones who actually ...