﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:51:46 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>Kate Gingold</title><link>https://kategingold.com:443/Blogs/Brief-History/rss/2091</link><atom:link href="https://kategingold.com:443/Blogs/Brief-History/rss/2091" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Gingold Host]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[This Blog Is Moving after 14 Years!]]></title><link>https://kategingold.com/Blogs/Brief-History/this-blog-is-moving-after-14-years</link><description><![CDATA[        I started writing this blog in October of 2009, after the publication of my first book,  Ruth by Lake and Prairie . Ruth's story tells about the 1831 journey to what would one day become ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 22:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://kategingold.com/Blogs/Brief-History/this-blog-is-moving-after-14-years</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a1f09ae0-f53f-43ff-b86e-5c25e4310a2f-4250]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Gingold Host]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[June Is a Lovely Month in England to Look at Gardens - and History]]></title><link>https://kategingold.com/Blogs/Brief-History/june-is-a-lovely-month-in-england-to-look-at-gardens-and-history</link><description><![CDATA[           Agatha Christie's brother, Monty    While thinking about a topic for this month’s post, I wondered if there was an Agatha Christie-related or 1920s event that happened in June to write ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://kategingold.com/Blogs/Brief-History/june-is-a-lovely-month-in-england-to-look-at-gardens-and-history</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a1f09ae0-f53f-43ff-b86e-5c25e4310a2f-4249]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Gingold Host]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[100 Years Ago, King Charles' Grandparents Got Hitched and Other Random Facts]]></title><link>https://kategingold.com/Blogs/Brief-History/100-years-ago-king-charles-grandparents-got-hitched-and-other-random-facts</link><description><![CDATA[     Working on this Agatha Christie book prompts me to wonder about life one hundred years ago, so I googled “what happened in 1923 in England.” One event was the wedding of the Queen Mum, King ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2023 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://kategingold.com/Blogs/Brief-History/100-years-ago-king-charles-grandparents-got-hitched-and-other-random-facts</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a1f09ae0-f53f-43ff-b86e-5c25e4310a2f-4246]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Gingold Host]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Old Coin Cache Prompts New English History Lessons]]></title><link>https://kategingold.com/Blogs/Brief-History/old-coin-cache-prompts-new-english-history-lessons</link><description><![CDATA[          Recently, my husband cleared out some drawers. Don found the usual bits that he should have been thrown out long ago but didn’t, as well as a few forgotten things that he was happy to see ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2023 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://kategingold.com/Blogs/Brief-History/old-coin-cache-prompts-new-english-history-lessons</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a1f09ae0-f53f-43ff-b86e-5c25e4310a2f-4242]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Gingold Host]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Ruth Grows Up - The Rest of the Story]]></title><link>https://katesbriefhistory.blogspot.com/2023/03/ruth-grows-up-rest-of-story.html</link><description><![CDATA[March is Women’s History Month. I used to do more marketing around that theme when my first book, Ruth by Lake and Prairie, was still newish, even though Ruth is only twelve in the story. I rarely ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://katesbriefhistory.blogspot.com/2023/03/ruth-grows-up-rest-of-story.html</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a1f09ae0-f53f-43ff-b86e-5c25e4310a2f-4227]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Gingold Host]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Looking at Agatha Christie's 1920s Novels via Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises"]]></title><link>https://katesbriefhistory.blogspot.com/2023/02/looking-at-agatha-christies-1920s.html</link><description><![CDATA[ Hemingway's Writing Studio Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1899, just a few years after the World’s Columbian Exhibition in 1893. One of the by-products of the Exhibition was that young ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://katesbriefhistory.blogspot.com/2023/02/looking-at-agatha-christies-1920s.html</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a1f09ae0-f53f-43ff-b86e-5c25e4310a2f-4203]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Gingold Host]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[101 Years Ago this Month, Agatha Christie Started her Around-the-World Voyage]]></title><link>https://katesbriefhistory.blogspot.com/2023/01/101-years-ago-this-month-agatha.html</link><description><![CDATA[Recently, I was researching South Africa, particularly Agatha Christie’s visit there. I was amused to see that her trip took place almost exactly 101 years ago. After boarding the ship R.M.S. ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2023 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://katesbriefhistory.blogspot.com/2023/01/101-years-ago-this-month-agatha.html</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a1f09ae0-f53f-43ff-b86e-5c25e4310a2f-4200]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Gingold Host]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[The Clarion in Holland’s 1886 Directory]]></title><link>https://kategingold.com/Blogs/Brief-History/the-clarion-in-hollands-1886-directory</link><description><![CDATA[     One of the advertisers in  Holland’s Business Directory  – and a major source of information about all the other advertisers – is the  Naperville Clarion . While it is no longer in publication, ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2022 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://kategingold.com/Blogs/Brief-History/the-clarion-in-hollands-1886-directory</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a1f09ae0-f53f-43ff-b86e-5c25e4310a2f-4119]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Gingold Host]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Furniture Makers and Undertakers in Holland’s 1886 Directory]]></title><link>https://kategingold.com/Blogs/Brief-History/furniture-makers-and-undertakers-in-hollands-1886-directory</link><description><![CDATA[       It was common for craftsmen who built furniture to also provide coffins and the  Holland’s Directory  listed two men in Naperville: Charles Babst and Frederick Long.          The mass ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2022 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://kategingold.com/Blogs/Brief-History/furniture-makers-and-undertakers-in-hollands-1886-directory</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a1f09ae0-f53f-43ff-b86e-5c25e4310a2f-4117]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Gingold Host]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[William and George Knoch in Holland’s 1886 Directory]]></title><link>https://kategingold.com/Blogs/Brief-History/william-and-george-knoch-in-hollands-1886-directory</link><description><![CDATA[       William and George Knoch were a couple of young go-getters who ran a cigar factory and tobacco shop in town. The  Holland’s  editor praises William and George, saying “the business having been ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2022 05:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://kategingold.com/Blogs/Brief-History/william-and-george-knoch-in-hollands-1886-directory</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a1f09ae0-f53f-43ff-b86e-5c25e4310a2f-4115]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>