H. D. Ingles

Snakes and Dictionaries Do Not Mix

I don’t much like snakes, but if they are harmless I don’t worry much. My wife, Carolyn, was terrified of...

Henry Knox was the seventh child in a family of ten children. His father was having financial difficulties when he...

In 1968, the Town of Cary population was about 7,000. In 2022, the population is very close to 180,000. Cary...

Nathanael Greene was one of the most skilled generals of the American Revolution. General George Washington held Major General...

Why Aaron Burr history? Why is Aaron Burr interesting? Well, Burr killed a previous Treasury Secretary in a duel when...

Robert Fulton is sometimes called the inventor of the steamboat, but he didn’t really invent the steamboat. That attempt had...

Who was John Marshall? Chief Justice John Marshall presided from 1801 until 1835, over 34 years. Marshall died while in...

This little story happened during the summer of 1964. This was a situation that turned into a one-day vacation for...

The Big Easter Egg Hunt Fifty or so years ago, at Easter, our daughters were almost three and almost nine....

As I was growing up, I was greatly outnumbered. There were sisters everywhere. I was surrounded by sisters, as it...