Category: Indiana
Where Mobile Camping Got Its Start
Many people love to camp. Of course, camping means different things to different people. Some folks just need a tent and little else. Others go…
A Hero Remembered Over a Century Later
What should have been a time of holiday cheer was quickly turned into tragedy. However, the story could have turned much worse if not for…
The Oakland County Car
If I were to tell you that there is a car named for Oakland County, Michigan you’d probably not recognize any of the models. However,…
Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton
Fourteen Americans have won an Olympic gold medal in individual figure skating. For Scott Hamilton, his gold medal is just a footnote in a story…
Overcoming Failure to Reach Triumph
Many athletes have stories of overcoming failure in order to reach triumph. For Scott Hamilton, the journey to a gold medal seemed to be leading…
Getting Involved in a Sport By Accident
Scott Hamilton was never supposed to accomplish much in sports, let alone win a gold medal. In fact, the way he got involved in ice…
The Biggest Steer on Record
He is the biggest steer on record – a beef that was over 16 feet in length and weighed well over two tons. In fact,…
No Beef Better than Ben
Beef producers are usually looking for an efficient, high quality steer to feed. Perhaps there was none better than Ben, for Ben grew faster than…
Remembering LeRoy Keyes
In1968, O.J Simpson won the Heisman Trophy…but it was this man who was runner-up in the Heisman balloting that year. He passed from cancer earlier…
Completing a Castle
It was a grand project that employed a hundred workers or more, building a castle on an island in New York’s Alexandria Bay along the…