I was helping my middle schooler study for his big American History test a few days ago, which focused on westward expansion in the early nineteenth century—you know, Manifest Destiny, the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, and including events leading… Read More
In 1919, a World War 1 veteran named E. W. Bullard patented the first “hard-boiled hats” for construction workers, made of steamed heavy canvas and painted black. They were first required for the construction of the Hoover Dam.