Author: Tom
Jubilee Days in Shenandoah, Iowa
Imagine hosting a breakfast so large that you needed to buy pancake flour by the boxcar. That’s exactly what happened here. So why was this…
The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
Sliced bread was born, but there’s much more to this story, including how the new product was received and where we came up with that…
The One Thing in Common with Bread
Go down a supermarket aisle and you can find lots of different types of bread. White bread, wheat, honey oat, the list goes on and…
Holbrook, Arizona – The Backdrop for Cars
Sometimes movies do more than just bring in dollars at the box office. They occasionally have an impact on the place where they were filmed. …
An Odd Invitation
There are many towns in the western U.S. that had rough and tumble beginnings. They are places where it was sometimes difficult to determine exactly…
Silver Moon Plaza
On the north side of the square in Chillicothe, MO you’ll find a small park where some buildings once stood. It’s called Silver Moon Plaza. …
The Horse with a Gas Mask
There is a lot of important military artifacts in this museum and Dr. Robert Smith can tell you why each is very important to the…
Fort Riley, Kansas
If you drive by Junction City, Kansas on Interstate 70 you’ll see the airfield and buildings related to one of the county’s military bases. But…
Flying the Super Guppy
Imagine flying a plane called the “Super Guppy.” There are only two in existence and one is here for the world to see. As the…
Step Inside Air Force 1
The President of the United States flies in Air Force One…and to some extent they can customize the ride to their preferences. That was the…
