Author: Tom
Drought and Grasshoppers
The first settlers to this region began to farm the land, but drought and grasshoppers made life miserable for most. But just when things seemed…
Near the Santa Fe Trail
The early trails that moved settlers from east to west often charted courses that helped reduce the number of obstacles in their path. Those trails…
Searching for Gold in Kansas
If you are a Spanish explorer searching the New World for gold, the place you’d come look of course would be the state of Kansas. …
The Quivira of Kansas
The area around Lyons, Kansas in the central part of the Sunflower State may appear to be sparsely populated by national standards. However, about 500…
The Backcountry Horsemen
They are called the Back Country Horseman. Their work is something that may have impacted you and you never realized it. And once you hear…
Packing Explosives to Open the Trail
Placing explosives on the backs of mules sounds like an unusual job, but it was just part of the work that Stu performed for years…
The Outhouse on Top of the Mule
We’ve all seen old time pictures of mule trains packing supplies to some remote location. However, Stu Sorenson will tell you those are not always…
Lodges of Glacier
We recently did some shows from the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park. Also impressive is another park lodge…this one in Glacier National Park. …
Establishing Glacier National Park
Along Montana’s border with Canada you’ll find one of the most popular and most scenic national parks in the country. The story of how it…
A Look Back at the Kennedy Assassination
In the tragic events that unfolded in Dallas when President Kennedy was assassinated, we may forget that a police officer lost his life in the…
