The events we experience as a child can have a big impact on our future.  That was the case for Sam – so much so…

The second story of an old drug store may not seem to be a place of historical significance, and in many ways perhaps it wasn’t…

When I was in fifth grade I wanted to play the trumpet.  My parents scratched together $300 for a used trumpet…the one I still play…

You’ve heard of dueling banjos…now multiply it times several hundred.  It’s a unique convention of sights and sounds that entertains folks from coast to coast…

Charles Darrow had a great new board game he sold to Parker Brothers – Monopoly.  The only problem was, Charles didn’t invent the game.  Rather…

If you invented something you might get a patent.  That’s what Lizzie did, but her patent was quite a story in itself, for she filed…

It’s probably the most famous debate in American history – the Lincoln Douglas debates.  While the two where vying for a spot in the U.S….

These days it’s not a bid deal at all to take a picture.  The bigger problem is figuring out what to do with all of…

Good salesman can sell you an item you need.  Great salesman find a way to sell you many items you need.  That was the plan…

Many farmers purchased windmills to pump water for their livestock.  But there was someone else buying windmills for another purpose, and that demand meant farmers…