Category: American Countryside
The Cornerstone to a Large City
What’s it take to build a large city? A railroad and nice hotel of course. It was a winning combination for this city and we’ll…
Remembering Grandma Saunders
My grandmother Darlene Saunders passed last week and today I’ll be a pall bearer at her funeral. So today I honor her with this look…
The Soo
Locals often simply call it “The Soo.” Ships know the place for the locks that help move them from one great lake to another. The…
Watching the Ships Pass By
The ships here are moving so slowly, it’s sometime difficult to tell if they are in fact moving at all. Yet hundreds of people will…
Overcoming Big Obstacles
Before highways crisscrossed this nation, rivers often provided the best road to move cargo and passengers. But some of those rivers had mighty obstacles to…
The Spanish Treasure Cave
In the years following Columbus’ voyage to the new world, other Europeans followed, some with ideas of conquering native American nations and capturing the continents…
The Roots of the Family Tree
Some people enjoy tracing their family tree. A few may even trace their ancestors back to the founding of the nation. You may just be…
The General Society of Mayflower Descendents
Visitors to Plymouth, Massachusetts are often fascinated with the history of the Pilgrims who landed here. But some have a deeper connection to others to…
A Famous Tunnel
There is a very famous tunnel running beneath the surface of a barnyard in Meade, Kansas. It was built in secret, but today it’s very…
The Other Dalton Children
The infamous Dalton Gang robbed individuals and businesses in the Midwest during the early 1890s. But not all of the Dalton children had a life…