Remnants of the early mining ventures in Glen Canyon include a rusting gold dredge in the Colorado River at Mile 121.5 above Lee's Ferry and the visible boiler of the sunken steamboat Charles H ...

The Senator is joined by the Sprague, the Bessie Smith, the G.W. Hill, the Hudson and even the legendary steamboat Robert E. Lee — not docked on the levee, but on display on the main floor of ...

For two decades it was the treasured possession of another legendary military leader, Robert E. Lee, who acquired joint ownership by marrying Martha Washington’s great-granddaughter Mary Custis.

Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's great-great grandson condemned last weekend's deadly attack in Charlottesville, Va. as "sad" and "senseless" and suggesting that it would be "appropriate" to move ...

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, a federal holiday. But in Alabama and Mississippi, it's also Robert E. Lee Day, in honor of the Confederate general.

Alabama and Mississippi have recognized Robert E. Lee Day as a state holiday since the early 1900s, later combining it with the federal celebration of King, which President Ronald Reagan signed ...

Tennesee observed Lee's birthday from 1917 to 1969 when it was changed to a "special day of observance," but state law requires the governor to proclaim Jan. 19 as Robert E. Lee Day, along with ...

The Summer of 1870 when the two palatial “Monarchs of the Mississippi,” the Steamers ROBT. E. LEE and the NATCHEZ squared off for the most celebrated rivalry in riverboat history.

The steamers Warrior, Cherokee, Gen. Robert E. Lee, William S Barry, Reindeer, Lily, Marengo, Waverly, Magnolia, Ariel, Black Diamond and Cremona, all of which had been in commercial trade on the ...

A cousin of Gen. Robert E. Lee also was a longtime resident, owning a large swathe of property in the town.

Born in Fishing Creek, Md. on Hooper’s Island, Jan. 30, 1933, the third child of Julian E. and Bessie L. Lewis, she was preceded in death by her loving husband, Robert L. Layton, on April 4, 2012.

West Point over its holiday break will remove a portrait of Robert E. Lee in Confederate uniform as well as a bust of the general from prominent spots on campus, carrying out directives that were i… ...