Category: American Countryside
Old State Bank Currency
One, five, ten, twenty? Now imagine there were more denominations and dozens of different types of bills in circulation. What you would have is a…
Inside Fort Knox
When most of us hear of Fort Knox, we think of gold. While gold is there, there is much more to the story, for this…
The Biggest Vault of All
Whether you have any or not, many of us are fascinated by gold. It’s the storyline of many a tv show and movie. Where can…
Where Is the Nation’s Gold?
Everyone knows that much of the nation’s gold is at Fort Knox. Or is it? That’s the question many wondered a few decades back…
A Heavily Fortified Treasury
You’ve heard of the gold at Fort Knox, and while we can’t go inside the vault, we do know much about the beginnings of that…
Moving to the Gold Standard
During the depths of the US Depression in the 1930s, the federal government took several steps to spur the economy. One was forcing the sale…
Inside Tuckaleeche Caverns
For centuries people have recognized the natural beauty along the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, but Steven Fananda’s family is hoping visitors want to…
Results of a Six Year Old’s Wandering
Kids may go exploring when they have nothing better to do…and sometimes those adventures can lead to trouble. But for this family…a wandering six year…
General Patton’s Secret Code
Sometimes people will use secret codes to keep vital information from slipping into the wrong hands. General Patton used such a code in World War…
History and Distilling
When the U.S. adopted prohibition in 1920, most alcohol production ceased, but when production resumed in the 1930s, it seems some of the old recipes,…
