Author: Tom
Joe Cannon’s Early Lessons
What happens in a kid’s life can have an impact on what they do later in life. That was the case for Joe Cannon and…
A Name Within a Name
A name may say a lot about a person. In this case, there was a man’s name within a man’s name. It was his parents…
The Landmark Golf Course
You won’t find a big sign for this place and you’ll travel down plenty of gravel roads to reach it – but many people do. …
Traveling Gravel Roads to Golf
“Landmand” is the Danish word for farmer and in northeast Nebraska you’ll find a place that recently opened with that name. It’s a nod to…
A Piece of Ground that Stands Out
Bryce Andersen’s family had a piece of ground that stood out, but for the wrong reasons. It was just too hilly to farm, and they…
Stephen Douglas Birthplace
Abraham Lincoln led the country through the Civil War…but it was this man who defeated him for the senate just two years prior. We’ll go…
An Aviation Pioneer
Carl Ben Eielson hailed from Hatton, North Dakota. He was a pioneer in aviation and helped open the vast Alaskan territory to air travel. It…
Bringing the First Airplane to Alaska
In the 1920 a guy named Carl brought the first airplane to Fairbanks, Alaska. What took place from there would put him in the record…
Carl Ben Eielson
If you live in the states of North Dakota or Alaska, you quite likely have heard of Carl Ben Eielson. His aviation firsts in the…
More Than Peanut Butter
You may know him for just one thing…peanut butter…but in a moment you’ll see just how much this man accomplished. Born a slave…and today revered…
