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The Burden Family
The journey from slavery to freedom was one of many challenges for many families in the years following the Civil War. This Nebraska town celebrates…
Advertising Artistic Stage Masterpiece
You may not think of advertising as a work of art. A trip to the farm town of Dorchester, Nebraska may change your mind. What…
Dorchester, Nebraska’s Log Cabin
You can still find a few old, historic log cabins in this country. Many are museums of early pioneer life. You know you have an…
Lincoln on the Other Side of the Debate
Abraham Lincoln is known as the great emancipator, a champion of ending slavery in the United States. However, in the fall of 1847 he found…
Bright Paint for an Exclusive Club
Pick a paint color or new carpet for your home and it will probably fade over time. However, the paint on these walls looks as…
Naniboujou Lodge
Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey were members of this exclusive club, yet they may have never set foot here. It’s a place that was built…
Cattle Ranching President
Although his time here in North Dakota was not long if measured in numbers of days, the quality of that time and the impact it…
From the Badlands to the White House
To date, no U.S. president has been born in North Dakota…but this commander-in-chief’s experiences there may be the reason he achieved the office. The story…
The Halloween Capital of the World
The town of Anoka, Minnesota can make quite a claim. That title traces its history to a twelve year old boy who made a trip…
Taming the Outhouse Tippers
Anoka, Minnesota had a problem. Every Halloween the local kids were pulling all kinds of pranks – tipping outhouses, turning the cows out of their…