﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:26:11 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[The Other Mill on Mill Street]]></title><link>https://kategingold.com/Blogs/Brief-History/the-other-mill-on-mill-street</link><description><![CDATA[      A grist mill for grinding grain was also constructed in Naper’s Settlement. It was built soon after the saw mill but apparently there was some serious concern as to how they were to create such ...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:52:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://kategingold.com/Blogs/Brief-History/the-other-mill-on-mill-street</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[a1f09ae0-f53f-43ff-b86e-5c25e4310a2f-4282]]></dc:identifier></item><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></channel></rss>