Author: Tom
Making a Birch Bark Canoe
Today you can find many canoes made from aluminum or fiberglass, but you don’t see many constructed of Birch bark. That fact makes Carl Coster’s…
The Northwest Company
Normally companies who operate illegally do so by carefully hiding their activities. This company made no such move to operate secretively. Of course it’s easily…
16 Weeks in a Canoe
Imagine paddling a canoe for eight weeks, reaching your destination, and then turning around and paddling eight weeks back home. It was reality for the…
The Most Important Commodity in the World
What is the most important commodity in the world? There are a variety of answers you might get to that question, but in the late…
The Women’s Astronaut Program
In the early 1980′s, the United States put its first woman into space, a full two decades after space travel began. So why didn’t women…
The Official FFA Jacket
A doctor is expected to wear a white coat. A policeman is supposed to have a badge. A cowboy, of course, must wear a cowboy…
A Special Street Corner
This song hit number 12 on the billboard charts 40 years ago, and it’s popularity seems to keep growing. In fact, this town like the…
The Largest Island in The Largest Lake on the Largest Island in the Largest Lake in North America
Concentrate on this piece of geographical trivia. It’s the largest island, in the largest lake, on the largest island, in the largest lake in North…
Isle Royale National Park
It takes a boat or seaplane to get to this national park. Those who make the journey are rewarded with a place like none other….
The Port of Duluth
Most farmers think of New Orleans as being a major grain handling port – and rightly so. However, for those in the upper Midwest, this…
