Category: American Countryside
Adding to the Show-Me State
When the state of Missouri was first established, it was missing what is today its northwest corner of six counties. This was a well-known prairie,…
Civil War Deaths Off the Battlefield
Many soldiers died in the Civil War to things uncommon today. Simple adjustments in sanitation and cleanliness were a big part of that story. Today we take…
Raising the Civil War Death Toll
In recent years, the casualty estimates from the Civil War have been raised. Joe Houts says there’s a good reason for it, and his great-great grandfather’s…
Medicine in the Civil War
Most of us would do good just to know the name of our great, great grandfather. Joe Houts not only knows his name, but could write…
History’s First House Flipper?
Imagine building a grand, castle-like home for your wife, only to have her grow tired of it just a few years after moving in. No…
St. Joseph’s Early Entrepreneur
Today we begin a series from St. Joseph, MO…the city many know as the place the Pony Express began and Jesse James ended. When the…
The Poisoned President?
Zachary Taylor died in office in 1850, yet his body was exhumed over a century later to determine if his death was really due to…
The Wounded Eyewitness
James Tague holds an interesting distinction in the assassination of President John F Kenney. Other than the president and Governor Connelly, Tague was the only…
A Skeptical Eyewitness
We continue our story with James Tague, a man who witnessed the assassination of president Kenney and was wounded by a piece of shrapnel. Remember,…
Moments After an Assassination…
The city of Dallas was abuzz with excitement on November 22, 1963 as President Kennedy made a visit to the city and rode in a…