The ferry broke down at exactly the wrong moment for everyone except Henry Ford. On June 8, 1909, two stripped-down Ford Model Ts rolled onto a little wooden ferry at Glasgow, Mo., and crossed the ...

In this short episode of my Today in the past series, I talk about what happened on October 12, 1915, when Ford rolled out its one millionth Model T in Detroit under Henry Ford’s direct supervision. I ...

Argue all you want, but it was the Ford Model T that put the world on wheels. Before that you had to be a prince or a potentate to get a car. Henry Ford’s assembly line gave the world mass production, ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) — This weekend, Scrapin the Coast takes over. “It’s pretty much the funnest weekend along the Coast every year,” said Allen Cole. Scrapin the Coast gives Cole a place to show off ...

This week, as we celebrate the 4th of July in America’s 250th year as a country, it’s clear there’s a lot more interest and conversation about American history. That’s why ...

In 1954, the USPS was looking for innovative ways to process the 54 billion items mailed. National Geographic traveled to post offices big and small across the U.S. to see how the agency kept the ...

Ford is showing off several of its most classic cars for America's 250th anniversary celebration at Washington, D.C.'s Union ...

Pat Henry, one of the greatest coaches in collegiate track and field history, has retired. Henry hangs it up in 2026 at Texas A&M after an illustrious career that saw 37 Division I national ...

The Ford Maverick 300T project, unveiled at SEMA 2025, swaps in the turbocharger from the Mustang’s 2.3-liter EcoBoost engine, boosting output from the Maverick’s 2.0-liter EcoBoost to an estimated ...