Sometimes the naming of a town is quite a story in itself.  That’s the case for what became one of Missouri’s largest cities.  However, few…

When you’re building is in the path of a regularly flooding river you might consider moving locations.  This place did just the opposite.  The rebuilt…

There was a time when old mills dotted the landscape, grinding grain into feed and food.  One of the oldest mills in the area still…

The Mississippi River flows over 2500 miles, southward through the Midwestern U.S.  That is, unless you are here, where the river actually meanders north for…

The Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico just south of New Orleans, Louisiana.  But where does the mighty river begin?  That question puzzled…

In the summer of 1966 the Monkees released “The Last Train to Clarksville.”  The song went to number one on the billboard charts and many…

In the early and mid 1900s, passenger train service was common in most cities of any size.  Today the passengers and freight have vanished from…

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…

We all recall the battle cry, “Remember the Alamo” but over 200 years ago it was “Remember the Raisin!”  So what was this “raisin” and…

It’s long been said that the only thing most Americans can tell you about the War of 1812 is what year it began.  Maybe they…