Posted in American Countryside Nebraska

Eve Bowring

She served as Nebraska’s first female U.S. Senator.  She also managed a large sandhills ranch and had quite a collection of one item that still…

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Posted in American Countryside Nebraska

The Bowring Ranch

In northern Nebraska you’ll find a Sandhills ranch that dates to the late 1800s.  The couple who lived here met quite by happenstance and their…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

The Churchill Memorial

Imagine a building project that involved moving 7000 large stones across the Atlantic Ocean to reconstruct a building that was about 400 years old. That’s…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Where the Words Were Delivered

Most of us after heard of the phrase, “the iron curtain” to describe the communist countries of eastern Europe during the Cold War. That phrase…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Predicting the State of the World For Decades to Come

Just two months after the Allies won the European theatre of World War II, the leader of Great Britain, Winston Churchill, lost reelection. The now…

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Posted in American Countryside Wisconsin

The Root Beer Museum

If there is a museum to Spam, well Reed Andrew thought there should certainly be a museum to this.  After all, a lot of people…

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What Root Is the Root of Root Beer?

A lot of people enjoy root beer.  But how did a drink that contains no alcohol wind up with beer in the title?  And exactly…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

Angel Fire

My in-laws had been telling me about a place called Angel Fire for many years.  They make an annual trip there to remember friends and…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

Doc Westfall’s War Memorial

When Doc Westfall lost a son to the Vietnam War, the event changed his plans for the future.  His new dream was one that honored…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

Rancher Turned Veterans Memorial

The Westfalls had dreams of a ranch resort where they could retire.  Then tragedy struck and the plans for the ranch became a dream that…

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