The term 40 & 8 doesn’t mean much to most Americans–unless you happened to serve in France during one of the World Wars. But the…

An automaker is usually happy when a customer writes a note to tell them how much they enjoy their car. Henry Ford was pleased with…

Phil McClendon is quick to tell you that he is not trying to glorify a life of crime. Rather, the apartment he owns is a…

Not all of us can live in a normal place. While most of the nation resides in cities that are not that far from average,…

It can be difficult to earn the money needed to get a college education. Raymond Hagan graduated high school in 1935 and wanted to go…

Today we take things like a high school education for granted. If you want a diploma, you usually have access to a school where you…

When this church ran out of room for its congregation, it just moved its service outdoors. In the process, they created a place that honors…

The Civil War ended in 1865, but how long did the veterans of that war live? There is some controversy over who was the last…

Today veteran’s hospitals and retirement homes are common place, but in the years after the Civil War, grassroots efforts began to establish and fund the…

Little remains of the town of Florida, Missouri–or depending on how you view history–a lot remains of Florida, Missouri. While the town is gone, it…