On June 20, 1893, Lizzie Borden was declared innocent of the crime of murdering her father and stepmother. The National Archives holds a little piece of her history from before the murders. A month before her 30th birthday, Lizzie Borden of Fall River, Massachusetts, had sailed for Europe. In the late 1800s, more and more … Continue reading Lizzie Borden took a….trip
In this guest blog post, Dr. Mark Stegmaier, Professor of History at Cameron University in Oklahoma, discovers that sometimes even professional researchers find answers to questions when—and where—they aren't looking for them! In the Winter 2009 issue of Prologue magazine, Dr. Richard McCulley of the National Archives and I published an article titled "Cartography, Politics, … Continue reading Mapping Out A Mystery
