Affirmation for Success:

The tide of Destiny has turned and everything comes my way.

Beautifully restored map of Haverhill, MA from 1876

Historic old map shows a bird’s eye view of Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1876

Vintage hand-colored map of Connecticut from 1857

This beautiful hand drawn map of Connecticut was created in 1857 by Laura Roys, a student who attended Hartford Female Seminary, an all-female academy in Hartford, Connecticut. The map is beautifully colored, with shades of blue, orange, red, pink, yellow, and violet adorning the border of each city and town.

Historic old map shows bird’s eye view of Bethel, Connecticut in 1879

Historic bird’s eye view of Bethel, Connecticut in 1879

Historic landowners map of Enfield, Connecticut from 1869

Vintage landowners map shows Enfield, Connecticut as it used to be

Beautifully restored map of Southington, CT from 1878

This map shows Southington, Connecticut as it looked in 1878.

The value of a smile at Christmas

It costs nothing, but creates much. It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing…

Andrew Carnegie explains the Republican idea

If a man would eat, he must work. A life of elegant leisure is the life of an unworthy…