When America won her independence, there were thousands of men and women who remained loyal to England during the war.  What happened to them?  In…

The heyday of passenger rail travel was about a century ago.  But don’t tell that to the folks in southern Indiana, for they are riding the historic…

Airlines might devote more flights to popular winter destinations like Phoenix or Florida.  One hundred years ago they were adding trains for this popular spot in Indiana…

In the woods of northern Wisconsin there is a lodge that housed some of the leading businessman of the world.  They came to one tiny town for…

The Fromm Brothers might be said to have been as “sly as a fox.”  That’s because their business plan led them to develop the silver fox, an…

Comic books tell the story of larger than life characters.  In the mid 1800s, the comic books of the days took one unassuming mountain man and turned…

Sometimes it’s not what you know but who you know.  In Kit Carson’s case, it was both that made him a well-known figure yet today…

This well-known frontiersman loved to hear the stories of those traveling west.  One day, he decided it was time to sneak away and try that life too…

The pony express was in operation for just a little over a year, however the story of horses and riders racing mail across the country continues to…

They say that in real estate, the three most important things are location, location, location.  That was true even in the 1850s.  It led one enterprising family…