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Mystic Seaport
Long before the birth of this nation, this seaport was building the ships that would create a stream of commerce from Englands new colonies to…
The Rendevous Theatre
When hunters and trappers would gather once each season, it was often called a rendezvous. In Alaska and the Yukon Territory, there is still a…
The Oklahoma Land Rush
Imagine a train chugging south out of Kansas with people jumping from the cars all along its route. The reason they jumped and mass chaos…
Getting to FFA Contest
An FFA advisor was driving his students to a competition when the bus broke down with twenty eight students and the teacher stranded on the…
Daniel Boone Crosses the Mississippi
Daniel Boone is one of the most famous American frontiersmen. But when he crossed the Mississippi River, he went to work for a country other…
The History of St. Louis
It’s one of the oldest and largest cities on the Mississippi River. Although some may have heard of names like Laclede and Chouteau, why did…
The Cyle of a Cesium Atom
If I said I’d be back in a second, I’d literally be back in 9,192,631,770 cycles of a cesium atom. Why is that important? Well,…
The Most Accurate of Clocks
For most of human history, the movement of the sun, moon and planets has been used to measure time. But even the ancients knew that…
Traveling Back Home
It was their goal…yet it was only the half way point of the trip…It was the Pacific Ocean that the Lewis and Clark party longed…
A Suitable Winter Camp
After spotting the Pacific Ocean on November 7th, 1805, Lewis and Clark searched for a suitable location for their winter camp. The place they resided…
