Explore the life and legacy of John Marsden, a beloved Australian author and educator whose works, like the Tomorrow series, ...

Waiting to enter the Columbia River Bar in early January 1853, the barkentine Vandalia was heading in from San Francisco, with Capt. Edward H. Beard, of Vancouver, Washington, as master. The vessel ...

Developed by a curious inventor who lived just down the valley from my home in the Cotswolds; engineer Edward Beard Budding spotted the potential invention while watching a cylinder of blades ...