3 of 6 — Some of the stolen firearms and other items discovered by the FBI in their investigation of Michael Corbett. Shown here are a rare Colt Whitneyville Walker revolver (lower left row marked "CT ...

BELCHERTOWN — In the summer of 1971, Michael Corbett, a visitor to the Stone House Museum, arriving with his girlfriend, signed the guestbook and toured the historic building at a time when it still ...

A 243-year-old piece of history was recently returned to the family of its original owner, Lieutenant John Jenkins. The Revolutionary War officer’s six-times-great-grandson, Richard Jenkins of ...

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Cattle horn etched with map of New York. General History During the colonial period, cattle horns were used by woodsmen and by soldiers for storing gunpowder in a safe, dry place. The horns also ...

As this column is published, the Northeast is waiting for the moon to pass between the earth and sun – plunging us into darkness during the day. In olden times, early mankind would worry that the ...

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Used long ago by hunters and soldiers to carry their gunpowder and keep it dry, the handy curved containers were made from the hollowed-out horns of bulls, and were often hand-decorated too. But as ...

TWO INTRIGUING objects displayed together in a second-floor gallery at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester may seem out of place, at least at first glance. These objects were made from the horns ...