Category: American Countryside
Eve Bowring
She served as Nebraska’s first female U.S. Senator. She also managed a large sandhills ranch and had quite a collection of one item that still…
The Bowring Ranch
In northern Nebraska you’ll find a Sandhills ranch that dates to the late 1800s. The couple who lived here met quite by happenstance and their…
The Churchill Memorial
Imagine a building project that involved moving 7000 large stones across the Atlantic Ocean to reconstruct a building that was about 400 years old. That’s…
Where the Words Were Delivered
Most of us after heard of the phrase, “the iron curtain” to describe the communist countries of eastern Europe during the Cold War. That phrase…
Predicting the State of the World For Decades to Come
Just two months after the Allies won the European theatre of World War II, the leader of Great Britain, Winston Churchill, lost reelection. The now…
The Root Beer Museum
If there is a museum to Spam, well Reed Andrew thought there should certainly be a museum to this. After all, a lot of people…
What Root Is the Root of Root Beer?
A lot of people enjoy root beer. But how did a drink that contains no alcohol wind up with beer in the title? And exactly…
Angel Fire
My in-laws had been telling me about a place called Angel Fire for many years. They make an annual trip there to remember friends and…
Doc Westfall’s War Memorial
When Doc Westfall lost a son to the Vietnam War, the event changed his plans for the future. His new dream was one that honored…
Rancher Turned Veterans Memorial
The Westfalls had dreams of a ranch resort where they could retire. Then tragedy struck and the plans for the ranch became a dream that…
