Posted in American Countryside California

A Crane for a Yo-Yo

Imagine a yo you so large you needed a crane to lift it.  That’s exactly what this man created and the stunt helped his innovations…

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Posted in American Countryside California

A Museum for a Toy

We’ve all seen them.  Many of us played with them as a toy.  Perhaps you didn’t know it’s origin and that there is a museum…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

The Smell Coming From the Place

There’s a smell coming from the place Pete works.  It’s an odor that actually attracts rather than repels people, for those smells are from some…

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Posted in American Countryside Colorado

When Cattle Ranchers and Sheep Herders Clashed

There was a time when cattle ranchers and sheep herders clashed, sometimes violently, in the western U.S.  This town saw it’s share of unfriendly encounters…

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Posted in American Countryside Colorado

When a Way of Life Was Changed Forever

In the fall of 1879, an unfortunate set of events led to a clash between Native Americans and white settlers in northwestern Colorado.  Several men…

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Posted in American Countryside Colorado

The Town of Meeker, Colorado

In western Colorado you’ll find the town of Meeker.  It’s the surname of a family sent here in the 1870s for a job with the…

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Posted in American Countryside West Virginia

Harper’s Ferry

He is a man of legend…a man whose story may be larger than life…a renegade who history now looks upon as a catalyst to the…

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Posted in American Countryside West Virginia

The Site of Events That Would Change the World

It was the site of events that would change the history of this nation and in turn influence the world.  While the town is now…

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Posted in American Countryside Utah

The Wendover Airfield Museum

Wendover, Utah is home to a closed air base that still has many features of the days when it was in operation.  In fact, this…

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Posted in American Countryside Utah

Part of the Nuclear Weapon Development Plan

As World War II raged in Europe and in the Pacific, scientists worked to develop a nuclear weapon that could end that war.  Part of…

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