Month: December 2022
The Best of 2022 – Big Ben the Steer
He is the biggest steer on record – a beef that was over 16 feet in length and weighed well over two tons. In fact,…
The Best of 2022 – Mean Green Jolly Giant
Some people have a green thumb, and it certainly seemed the farmers in southern Minnesota were experts at growing peas. Large beautiful peas. Peas so…
The Best of 2022 – Big Bend Museum
In a moment I’ll take you to a small room, about the size of a large walk-in closet, that’s insured for 25 million dollars. What’s…
The Best of 2022 – The Piggy Bank
Maybe you had a piggy bank as a child, or perhaps you still do. In a moment I’ll take you to the place where the…
The Best of 2022 – Ray Starling
It was Ray’s first time in the Oval Office and he did not want to mess up his presentation. He thought all was going well…
The Night Before Christmas
We know the words of “’twas the night before Christmas;” words that helped solidify the image of Santa over 200 years ago. Here’s the the…
Bronner’s Christmas Store
If Santa Claus needed a place to buy all of his decorations, this would be it. It’s big business in small town Michigan and it…
From Military Post to Ghost Town
For three years, 3500 soldiers served alongside one another in Utah Territory. It was the largest military outpost in the country. But within a matter…
Putting Down a Mormon Rebellion
In the summer of 1858 U.S. soldiers went to Utah to put down a supposed Mormon rebellion. However, their three year stay in the Utah…
Camp Floyd
In 1857 rumors of rebellion made it to the oval office. President James Buchannan ordered troops to head to the trouble spot. Soon one third…