Category: American Countryside
Teddy Roosevelt National Park
Although his time here in North Dakota was not long if measured in numbers of days…the quality of that time and the impact it made…
The Influence of North Dakota on a President
To date, no U.S. president has been born in North Dakota…but this commander-in-chief experienced a rebirth there that he said was the reason he one…
Hi Jolly’s Legacy
In Quartzite, Arizona you can find the grave of Hi Jolly. It’s the Americanized name of a man responsible for transporting many of the supplies…
Thinking Outside the Box
How do you move people and supplies across a desert? Well, the answer may depend on what desert you are attempting to cross. The U.S….
Steamboats in the Middle of a Desert
When you picture steamboats, we may have images of stately paddle wheeled ships moving up and down the Mississippi River. So, it may seem odd…
Good Fences and Good Neighbors
Every rancher knows they need good fences to keep the herd from running wild on the neighbor’s property. In the 1850s there were not any…
Arizona’s #2 Tourist Attraction
When bridges become obsolete, they are usually torn down and sold for scrap. This city thought their over century old bridge might be worth something….
Lake Havasu
This city is not even 40 years old, yet it grown to over 60,000 residents. When you consider it’s in the middle of the desert,…
Making a Birch Bark Canoe
Today you can find many canoes made from aluminum or fiberglass, but you don’t see many constructed of Birch bark. That fact makes Carl Coster’s…
The Northwest Company
Normally companies who operate illegally do so by carefully hiding their activities. This company made no such move to operate secretively. Of course it’s easily…