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Honoring America’s Heroes
Every independence day we celebrate our freedom. This soldier is reminded of the cost of that freedom as he protects the resting place of America’s…
A Recognizable Last Name
It all began with Albert, Otto, Alfred, Charles, and John. Without their last names, those first names might not mean anything to you. Put together…
Rebuilding the Pine Creek Grist Mill
Retirees are often looking for a good cause to which to devote their time. Not many take up grinding flour from a 160 old water…
The Pine Creek Mill
People near Muscatine have always known of a place called Pine Creek Mill, but for most of the 20th century, it sat idle, with a…
The Methodist Museum
If you do something the same way day after day, you might be said to have a method to your work. The method these brothers…
The 125th Anniversary of The Great Johnstown Flood
It was an American disaster that was hard to imagine. A giant flood and an immense fire were destroying a city of over 30,000 people…
A Story of Heroism and Tragedy
It was a story of miraculous heroism among a story of deep tragedy. 125 years ago a wall of water cut loose from a breached…
The Problem with 51 Inches of Rain
When 51 inches falls on an area in one month…well, it’s likely there’s going to be problems. Here, those problems provide tragic. It was a…
The Great Johnstown Flood
It was one of the worst disasters in American history…the break of the south fork dam that created the great Johnstown Flood. In a moment…
The Arlington Ladies
On Memorial Day we remember our loved ones, but these ladies recognize our fallen soldiers this weekend and every day of the year…
