Posted in American Countryside South Dakota

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…

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Posted in American Countryside South Dakota

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…

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Posted in American Countryside South Dakota

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…

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Posted in American Countryside North Carolina

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…

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Posted in American Countryside North Carolina

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…

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Posted in American Countryside Tennessee

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…

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Posted in American Countryside Tennessee

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…

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Posted in American Countryside Tennessee

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…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

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…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

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…

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