1854 Stories

A girl survives from the Gold Rush in 1854, Ballarat. She finds hope soon shattering as the little scraps of food turns into crumbs, then nothing. She gives the courage to steal, but what is there to still when everything is gone, right under her eyes? Nothing. But there is always something to do, isn't there? The girl soon finds a job at the Eureka Hotel, a special job just designed for her. There, tension was rising and danger edged closer, but how did she manage to survive the chaos? She didn't, until she met Ruby...

At the moment, the word "gay" wasn't really excepted. Most people would gasp when they even heard the word. Troye Sivan, a hard working 17 year old finds himself falling for another man, also known as Connor Franta. "Why? It's wrong to be gay!" Is all that goes through Troye's head. I mean, It is 1853. Gay is a SIN. This is all new to Troye, yes he may have had feeling for boys before but this boy gave him the chills. Connor on the other hand, knew he was gay. We was totally out to his family and close friends but obviously not to the public, we would have been burned to death. That's just how they did it in that town. That's how they did it in 1853

The Battle of Balaclava was a battle part of the Crimean War in 1854. It was fought between the British and Russian forces. While some British leaders were smart, others weren't so much...

(cover photo found on Google Images) The woman was sitting in her rocking chair, her hair as white as freshly-fallen snow. She hummed an old tone as she cradled a crocheted blanket around herself. The wrinkles adorning her body and the way her kindred eyes would shine, gave way to her age. This was Elizabeth Schuyler-Hamilton, aged 97. The year was 1854, she's seen practically all. Things she lived to see: Birth of America, political parties, the French Revolution, War of 1812, the French control of Napoleon Bonaparte, the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clarke Expedition, Joseph Smith's vision(Mormons), Braille, the Trail of Tears, rising tensions between the North and South(beginnings of the Civil War), slavery, cotton gin, hydraulic press, plywood, smallpox vaccination, air compressor, the invention of the battery, the invention of the steam locomotive, Bailey & Barnum's Circus, the tin can, kerosene lamps, the stethoscope, the microphone, the typewriter, sewing machine, photography, telegraph, postage stamp, Morse Code, stapler, antisceptics, dental chair, anesthesia, dishwasher, the Oregon Trail(pioneers), etc.