Author: Tom
Clark’s Trading Post
Imagine a animal show where bears bolted from the stage to barrel past tourist and make a break for the ice cream stand. It’s just…
A Roadside Stopper
Along I-93 in northern New Hampshire you’ll find a spot that’s been attracting families for three and four generations now. In order to get those…
Tule Lake Internment Camp
Soon after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government began to worry that Japanese Americans living in this country might be foes rather than…
The Modoc War
In the middle of a lava field in northern California you’ll find a place known as the stronghold…a volcanic fortress of sorts where a man…
Forced to Foreign Lands
As European settlers moved west, Native Americans were often displaced and forced onto lands foreign to them. That was the case for the Modocs and…
The Chiricuhua National Monument
Southeastern Arizona has been a place for ranchers to graze cattle for well over a century. However, one ranch family found this spot too beautiful…
Where Two Cultures Collided
It’s a place of amazing natural beauty, with stone spires rising high into the sky. It’s also a place of history, where two cultures collided……
The Okay Corral in Tombstone, Arizona
This corral isn’t famous for holding cattle, but it is famous for the shootout that put this town on the map. We’ll head to Tombstone,…
Nathan Hale
His only regret was that he had but one life to give for his country. They are famous words uttered by America’s first spy just…
America’s First Spy
Many refer to him as America’s first spy – a young man from a farm who answered George Washington’s call for men to go into…
