Month: July 2011
The Karate Kid
It’s not often you get to visit with someone who’s won multiple national titles in anything. Now add in the fact, she’s only 18 years…
Rock Creek Station
Mention the name Wild Bill Hickok and many people have images of a western lawman not afraid to enter a shootout to bring about justice….
Ruts That Are Never Filled
If someone cuts ruts down a muddy dirt trail, someone else will probably need to come and fill them in before the road can be…
Reenactment of the Civil War
Perhaps you’ve been hearing quite a bit about the Civil War. For the next four years, many sites will hosts 150th Anniversary reenactments of battles…
The Flying Priest of Bolivia
Buying a plane seemed like a good idea. Then again, Mike Gould didn’t know how to fly. It turned out to be one of his…
To Bolivia and Back
It’s been nearly sixty years since Mike Gould was assigned to work in Bolivia. He’s spent almost all of those six decades working in South…
Manassas Sesquicentennial
As July 21st, 1861 dawned, residents of northern Virginia could not fathom what was about to take place. It’s been 150 years since they witnessed…
A New City Overnight
If a city grows quickly, we might say it sprang up overnight. This state capital literally sprang into existence in just one night. We go…
Land on the Run
If you found a great deal on a house or a piece of land, we might say that we ran to get the deal. In…
Stockyards City, Oklahoma
You might go to a fancy clothing store to get measured for a suit. But where do you go to measure your horse? It still…