Month: July 2018
Aboard A Luxury Ship
The Queen Mary II, the largest and most luxurious ship to ever sail, recently left Britain for Ft. Lauderdale. That voyage had ironically increased the…
The Carousel City
Bob Ketterling never set out to be famous or have others recognize his deeds. He just wanted to do something nice for his community. But…
Bob Had a Secret
Bob had a secret. Not a bad secret, but a secret nonetheless from his childhood. When his wife learned what it was, she found crowds…
Tabloid Reporting Over a Century Ago
If the tabloids report it, is the story really true? Over a century ago, many American believed this star had robbed a man to get…
Shooting Apples Off Heads
Perhaps you’ve heard of someone shooting an apple off of someone’s head or hitting a cigarette in someone’s mouth. It was real life for this…
Amazing and Totally Unexpected Skills
Her skills were amazing and totally unexpected. A young lady from the frontier was outshooting men of all ages and that fact had crowds flocking…
Greenville, Ohio’s Most Popular Person
She is arguably the most famous person to grow up in Greenville, Ohio. You’ve most likely heard of her and the skill that took her…
The Story of Daddy Bryson
His name was Daddy Bryson…and he became one of the best-known train engineers in the Smoky Mountains…not because of his skill on the rails, but…
Logging to Create A Park
Visitors to Smoky Mountain National Park can wander miles of trails that meander through endless forests. It wasn’t that long ago many of these forests…
A Bell That Took Time to Become Famous
July 4th, 1776. It’s Indpendence Day in the United States and one of the symbols of our freedom is the Liberty Bell. But most folks…