10% in just a few years. In 1937, the nation was hit by yet another period of economic downturn, during which unemployment spiked once more. A number of federal economic decisions, such as switching to a contractionary monetary policy, impacted inflation and led to relatively high gas prices...
In an effort to protect smaller gas station operators from the aggressive pricing of bigger companies, the state of New Jersey instituted a law in 1938 that prevented gas stations from raising prices more than once a day. In 2005, this law was put to the test when civil action was taken ...
Originally built as a military outpost during tensions with British Canada, the Ansley Wilcox House became a private residence after five years in military service. It's on the historic register, though, not for its military importance but because it served as the site of Theodore Roosevelt's i...