The Army certainly needs strong, upstanding young men and women to fill its ranks today. But in the late 19th Century, the reasons men enlisted…

As Americans moved from east to west, a network of forts sprang up across the high plains to protect travel and commerce. A few of…

As Europeans crossed the Atlantic, those who had been living on the eastern seaboard for centuries were often forced to leave their homes

You’ve heard of Noah’s flood.  This city had it worse it terms of numbers of straight days of rain.  What resulted is an event still…

On the day the latest U.S. president is sworn into office, the runner-up will receive their own ceremony just a few hours prior.  It’s a…

This man ran for president five times and never won.  Some may call him the “biggest loser.”  Here it just means he gets his picture…

If you competed in a race and didn’t win, you might be labeled an “also ran.”  But in this town, it’s the “also rans,” not…

Eighty years ago the first Olympic gold medal basketball match was played.  You can bet the scene back then is far different than anything you’ll…

What would the game of basketball be without the dunk?  You have some unlikely folks in central Kansas and one New York sports writer to…

Today’s Olympic athletes may be able to devote many hours to training for their big event.  Eighty years ago, this group of Olympians was first…