Month: April 2023
Do you know Dave Dahl? Lots of Cowboys Do.
Sometimes a business begins without you realizing you were beginning a business. That is perhaps the case for Dave Dahl. What began about 50 years…
Must You Change with the Times?
Successful businesses have to change with the times. Or do they? In some ways, this store is doing the same thing predecessors of 200 years…
The Dakota Emporium
Take a walk around the small downtown area of Ft. Pierre, South Dakota and you’ll find a place called the Dakota Emporium. The store can…
Dewberry Tulip Farm
Imagine a crop that might take you twelve days, with twelve people to get planted. This family has come up with a slightly faster way…
From Tobacco to…
This old tobacco farm has been in the Johnson family for about a century now. The tobacco is long gone, but what replaced it is…
Catching the 1800s Bus
You could say it was the bus line of the 1800s. A network of transportation that could take you just about anywhere a person needed…
Making Ships Unsinkable
Necessity is the mother of invention. When the Civil War began, it was relatively easy to sink wooden ships, so both sides immediately began beefing…
What Else is at Shiloh?
Each year, thousands of people will travel to southern Tennessee to see the famous national battleground at Shiloh. What most people don’t know is that…
Cole Younger’s Second Life
When you hear the name Cole Younger, you probably think of an outlaw holding up banks and living a life of crime. That story is…
The Burnt District
It was known as the Burnt District – a place where residents were forced to leave because there was no way to keep the peace…