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The Story of Hi Jolly
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…
Moving Supplies in the Desert
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….
Boats Cruising 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…
Tunneling In a Prison Camp
Most prison camps wouldn’t want their detainees digging tunnels to freedom. But at Ed’s camp, it was a way to keep the prisoners occupied…
Learning Things About Yourself You Never Knew
Ed believed he was a well informed pilot flying for the United States. Then the German captured him and told him things about himself that…
Crossing the Atlantic for World War II
Ed Davidson got to cross the Atlantic on the Queen Mary…but his trip wasn’t for pleasure, for he made that trip during World War II…
Misery Among Beauty
This island has some of the best views of San Francisco Bay and the city itself…yet most people didn’t want to live here. It’s a…
The Story of One Very Famous Rock
At one time it was one of the nation’s most important forts…but that’s not how people would know it today…
Not the Man For His Daughter
There was no doubt in Fitz’s mind that Joe was not the man for his daughter. The story of what happened when they married anyway…
What Looks Like Another Street in Suburban Boston
Beals Street looks to be just another street in suburban Boston. But one house here is special, as it’s a home that produced a family…
