The Baker family settled in the Sandy Run area of Saxe-Gotha Township about 1738 after 150 acres were surveyed for William Baker I.The survey was done at the confluence of Sandy Run and the Congaree River....
The Oldest Sweet Shop first opened its doors 199 years ago in Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, and Ben Howie, 29, says Britain's taste for treats hasn't changed too much since ....
My kids have been really into sea shanties lately (my family has eclectic musical tastes.) ... But one historic song, The Wellermen, really spoke to me ... AI pirates ... Sure, the original shanty probably sounded a lot different when it was sung in the 1820s.