Month: April 2021
The Game Board Patent
If you invented something you might get a patent. That’s what Lizzie did, but her patent was quite a story in itself, for she filed…
Preparing for Abe’s Debate
It’s probably the most famous debate in American history – the Lincoln Douglas debates. While the two where vying for a spot in the U.S….
Picture of a Rugged Abe
These days it’s not a bid deal at all to take a picture. The bigger problem is figuring out what to do with all of…
Selling More Than Windmills
Good salesman can sell you an item you need. Great salesman find a way to sell you many items you need. That was the plan…
The Biggest Buyer of Windmills
Many farmers purchased windmills to pump water for their livestock. But there was someone else buying windmills for another purpose, and that demand meant farmers…
Farm Technology 900 Years in the Making
Just about every farmstead had one at one time – many remain, although few still perform the task they were originally built to do. That…
Bigger Than Life – Ethan Allen
Sometimes history makes people seem bigger than life. That’s certainly true for a man named Ethan Allen and his band of Green Mountain Boys. So…
We Need Cannons
It was one of the most important forts of the late 1700s and interestingly, it changed hands twice without a shot being fired. But it…
The Bishop who Persuaded Lincoln
The situation was bad, for all involved. But what was about to take place in Minnesota was an injustice to the Dakota who the US…
A New Bishop For a New State
Henry Whipple perhaps had no plans to move west as a young man. But when he married, his wife encouraged him to become active in…