Pioneers that headed west on overland trails saw many sites.  Interestingly one that many wrote about was an elephant.  You wouldn’t expect to see an…

Just west of South Pass, Wyoming, overland travelers of the mid 19th century came to a fork in the road.  The route to the left…

You’ve heard people say that there are unwritten rules that we sometimes must observe.  Today’s story is about such rules and how communities began to…

We often tie the Civil Rights movement to the struggle of African Americans to obtain equal rights and equal access in this country.  A trip…

When you hear the name, “Gerber,” you perhaps immediately think of baby food.   The home where the family lived and the kitchen that sparked the…

It all began with an argument in the kitchen.  What resulted is something that is commonplace today, but was a novel idea when it began…

For a ship that was in service less than five years, she had quite a story.  What began as a simple merchant vessel ended up…

This town sits on the opposite side of Lake Michigan as the city of Chicago.  Yet, this much smaller place played an important role in…

When Frank bought a plane he needed a hangar in which to park it.  Soon the plane wasn’t the only thing in the building.  In…

The president of this oil company was looking for a place to entertain business leaders from the east coast and around the world.  He settled…