Which Untimely Presidential Transition Affected the County the Most?

Lincoln by a landslide: The weary nation breathed a sigh of relief as the hostilities of the long and wrenching War Between the States closed that frightful chapter of history. But before the wounds began to heal, the bloodshed that had taken a generation of young...

The Old Lion is Dead

Theodore Roosevelt’s death came quickly and suddenly in the early morning hours of January 6, 1919 at his beloved Sagamore Hill estate on Long Island.  He was just 60 years old, but his health had never been the same after his almost fatal trip to South...