A couple of centuries ago crops were cut and threshed by hand…but that all changed with a young farmer in Virginia.  This is the story…

Many of us are intrigued by huge dinosaur fossils like T-Rex that are unearthed and displayed in museums.  There’s just something about seeing some of…

This part of North Dakota was once described as a sea of grass.  That had many people driving their livestock here to take advantage of…

One of the hardest jobs on the farm in the 19th and early 20th centuries was putting up hay.  You had to mow it, rake…

Over the years we have torn down some old bards on our property.  One of the items that went in the scrap heap is something…

Pioneers that headed west on overland trails saw many sites.  Interestingly one that many wrote about was an elephant.  You wouldn’t expect to see an…

Just west of South Pass, Wyoming, overland travelers of the mid 19th century came to a fork in the road.  The route to the left…

You’ve heard people say that there are unwritten rules that we sometimes must observe.  Today’s story is about such rules and how communities began to…

We often tie the Civil Rights movement to the struggle of African Americans to obtain equal rights and equal access in this country.  A trip…

When you hear the name, “Gerber,” you perhaps immediately think of baby food.   The home where the family lived and the kitchen that sparked the…