Author: Tom
A Personal Connection to Jack Ruby
In November of 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald shot President Kennedy. Just two days later, Jack Ruby shot Oswald. Deputy Eugene Boone soon found the assassination…
Searching the Texas School Book Depository
In the early afternoon of November 22nd, 1963, Deputy Eugene Boone was searching the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository shortly after President…
Watching the Presidential Motorcade
Deputy Eugene Boone was watching President Kennedy’s motorcade pass Main Street on November 22, 1963. But just moments after the president’s car traveled down the…
The Famous Willard Hotel Bar
The round bar at the Willard Hotel has been the places where generations of politicians, celebrities and power brokers have forged deals, shared conversations or…
The Other House for the President
The President, of course, lives in the White House. But over the decades, when a president or president-elect has needed another place to stay the…
Opening & Closing the Old Faithful Inn
Depending on where live in the country, you sometimes have to ready your home for the cold winter months. Now image getting a 300-plus room…
Yellowstone by Stagecoach
Today you can take a highway loop to the sites at Yellowstone National Park. In the days before cars, that trip was made in a…
An Inn by the Geysers
In the latter half of the 1800s, explorers and early visitors to what is today Yellowstone National Park were amazed by the area’s geysers –…
The Van Doren Brothers
The Van Doren brothers hailed from Vermilion County, Illinois. Their father saw great potential in his sons and even made a move to get them…
Mr. Speaker
The Speaker of the House is an important position in government and this man is often regarded as the man who dominated that role and…
