Establishing a new city can take plenty of planning. Now imagine trying to begin that new town when others are very motivated to stop you….

It’s one of the most iconic pictures in presidential election history.  A picture of President Harry Truman holding up a paper that proclaims, “Dewey Defeats…

In the summer of 1948 Harry Truman was losing the race to return for a second term as president.  But that summer his campaign accomplished…

It was the day after the voting had ended and people woke up to find a different person was elected president than they may have…

People like to have answers…and perhaps that’s what makes this phenomena so interesting…there seems to be no explaining it.  So what is it that has…

I don’t care for stories about evil and gruesomeness at Halloween, yet a spooky tale may be in order.  For such a story, you can…

We’ve all seen a log cabin.  Such structures were the norm for many Americans early in the country’s history.  But did you ever see a…

When these French Catholics learned that the British Protestants had taken over, they weren’t pleased.  It may be the reason this city still exists today……

Lancaster, Missouri is not a big town, but in the 1920s, the circuses came to town.  And yes, I did use the plural form of…

Some called him the Horse King of the World.  It was fitting title for a man who literally bought and sold horses and mules to…