The Smoot-Hawley Tariff collapsed global trade and helped transform the nascent recession into a decadelong global depression ...

At the heart of the legal saga is an agreement that dates back over a century. In 1872, Palestine and Anderson County raised $150,000 — about $5 million today — in bonds for the Houston and ...

Along the way, he works on a canal barge and later on a lake steamer, learning about the transportation systems of the time, including stagecoaches, canal barges, and steamers. The narrative ...