Month: February 2017
Something To Take the Place of Cotton
Certain crops grow better in specific climates. That was certainly the case for farmers in southern Alabama. However, when their cash crop was suddenly decimated,…
When Cotton Was No Longer King
Cotton was king in the southern U.S. in the early 20th century. However it was one of the tiniest of creatures that dethroned the crop…
President’s Week 2017: Calvin Coolidge
It all happened in the middle of the night. The citizens of the United States went to bed on August 2nd, 1923 with Warren Harding…
President’s Week 2017: Herbert Hoover
It’s Presidents Week on the and today’s feature focuses on a graduate of Stanford who used his engineering degree to travel the world…
President’s Week 2017: Woodrow Wilson
He was the son of a Presbyterian minister who went on to teach school and lead the nation during a time of world conflict…
President’s Week 2017: Theodore Roosevelt
To date, no U.S. president has been born in North Dakota…but this commander-in-chief’s experiences there may be the reason he achieved the office…
President’s Week 2017: William McKinley
Some history students will remember the slogan “Remember the Maine”, a war cry that sent the U.S. into battle against Spain. It was this president…
The Jefferson Highway
In the nineteen teens and early 20s motorists did not find their route by a highway number but rather a name. They were a narrower…
Nothing Here to See?
Some people who come here will say there’s nothing to see. However, others will find things everywhere both from the past and in the present. …
The Forgotten Capital
Maybe you had to memorize the state capitals when you were in elementary school. Today’s feature is about one that just about everyone had forgotten…until…