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The Battle of Boonville
As you may know, we do all of our stories from the actual location where they occur. While we did travel to this town, our…
The Streetcars of New Orleans
In many cities taxies, busses and subways may be the best ways to get around town if you don’t have a car and have a…
A Visit to a Cemetery
A couple of centuries ago this city had problems with caskets rising with the water and floating down the streets. Such scenes are no longer…
Mastadon Park
Imagine you unearthed the bones of an animal and had little idea of what you found. Now imagine making up a tale about the creature…
The Story of Daddy Bryson
His name was Daddy Bryson…and he became one of the best known train engineers in the Smoky Mountains…not because of his skill on the rails,…
A Train Depot in Palm Springs
When the rails came through this stretch of dry wilderness, the only people living here were the Cahuilla Indians. What became of the train depot…
Near Liberation from a POW Camp
American troops had finally made it to Manila and were attempting to free POWs like Tom Crosby. Just when things seemed hopeful, the tables turned…
Root Capitol
Willy Foote saw farmers and farmer cooperatives in developing nations often struggle to survive. What resulted was a vision that turned into a non-profit organization…
Pearl Harbor Survivor Al Bodenlos
Al can tell you plenty about building airport runways. Of course, most of those he helped build were on surfaces like coral under the threat…
Chattanooga Battlefield
Imagine being a slave at the beginning of the Civil War only later to have an opportunity to join the Union army and fight back…
