Peter G. Curtin and his pioneering lunch wagon Born on October 17, 1859, in Brooklyn, N.Y., Peter G. Curtin was the son of a New York Ci...

Gathering at community parks to watch balloon ascensions was once a favorite national pastime. At Cochran Park on Morris Island in the Delaw...

Henry W. Antheil Jr. Henry W. Antheil Jr. was born in Trenton on September 23, 1912. Educated at Trenton Central High School, he enrolled...

John Taylor Born on October 6, 1836, in Hamilton Square, N.J., John Taylor was the son of James F. Taylor, a brick manufacturer, and Reb...

Platanus occidentalis, a colored plate by Henri-Joseph Redouté in North American Sylva, published in 1819 Wikimedia Commons The Amer...