Posted in American Countryside Tennessee

Inside Tuckaleeche Caverns

For centuries people have recognized the natural beauty along the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, but Steven Fananda’s family is hoping visitors want to…

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Posted in American Countryside Tennessee

Results of a Six Year Old’s Wandering

Kids may go exploring when they have nothing better to do…and sometimes those adventures can lead to trouble.  But for this family…a wandering six year…

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Posted in American Countryside Kentucky

General Patton’s Secret Code

Sometimes people will use secret codes to keep vital information from slipping into the wrong hands.  General Patton used such a code in World War…

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Posted in American Countryside Kentucky

History and Distilling

When the U.S. adopted prohibition in 1920, most alcohol production ceased, but when production resumed in the 1930s, it seems some of the old recipes,…

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Posted in American Countryside Kentucky

A Large Tree To Mark a Property Boundry

You can still find some old deeds that use a large tree to mark a property boundary.  Such was the case for Brent Goodin’s farm. …

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Posted in American Countryside Pennsylvania

An American Hero Most People Don’t Know

Thomas Jefferson called this man, “As pure a son of liberty as I have ever known.”  So who was the man who garnered such praise? …

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Posted in American Countryside Pennsylvania

A Memorial To a Man Who Helped Form a Nation

Near the Philadelphia sites that Americans recognize as the birthplace of the country, there is a small memorial to a man most do not know. …

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Posted in American Countryside California

The Wheat King

He was known as the Wheat King, a title bestowed on a farmer who built an empire growing the crop in California.  While the farm…

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Posted in American Countryside California

Willows, California

The name of this place tells you what the early settlers found here at the joining of two creeks.  The water from those streams continues…

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Posted in American Countryside Kentucky

A Struggle Engulfing Two States

In a museum in Pikeville, Kentucky you’ll find a peace treaty between the states of Kentucky and West Virginia.  It is the resolution of a…

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