Month: May 2015
A Drug Store Soda Fountain Reopens
When this drug store soda fountain reopened, they began charging 1950s prices. What’s unusual is they’re still using prices from decades ago…
Back from the Past
Once upon a time, just about every town had at least one drug store soda fountain. Today we head to such a place that vanished…
Coronado’s Exploration
It’s been nearly half a millennium since Coronado’s exploration party marched through what is today’s Arizona. We head to a mountain pass to recall that…
The 70th Anniversary of Victory in Europe
Melvin Alper fought an entire year in Europe during WW II, but it was the last two months of the war that produced two stops…
Trained to Face the Enemy
Melvin Alper had trained to face the enemy, but nothing could have prepared him for the scene he would face in southern Germany in 1945….
The Second-Most Visited Cemetery in the United States
Arlington National Cemetery is the most visited cemetery is the nation. Which one ranks second? Well a stop here honors a president who was buried…
One Bookend of the Lincoln Presidency
On the surface, this old train station in Springfield, Illinois may not seem to be that important. However, when you consider the bookends it represented…
A Quick-Draw Shootout
John Sellers says the key to winning an old-west shootout was not quickness, but accuracy. And when you take into account how difficult it was…
Gambling Over a Pocketwatch
In a movie “western” you might see two gunslingers fire their pistols at each other in the town square. That’s exactly what happened here. It…
Deadly Tensions
When the Civil War ended, there were still many unsettled scores of course. Towns along the border with North and South were especially prone to…