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The Denver, Missouri Sleigh Works
Santa needs a sleigh to make deliveries around the world. This man makes sure he will never run out of transportation…..
On the Scouting Patrol
Today messages can be relayed to a military patrol within a split second. But in the 1860s, it took a scouting party to track down…
The First Helicopter
The first operational helicopters took flight in the 1930s. Wide spread production of the aircraft didn’t occur for another decade after that. However, inventors…
Osage Village
Perhaps the first Europeans to come to his part of southwest Missouri were amazing to see such a vast village on the prairie. It was…
The Oklahoma Land Rush
Imagine a train chugging south out of Kansas with people jumping from the cars all along its route. The reason they jumped and mass chaos…
Governor Gravesites in Missouri
Down dirt and gravel roads, off the main highway on paths once well traveled, but now forgotten, you can find small country cemeteries. As families…
Six Years in Pearl Harbor
For those who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor, many soon found themselves assigned to duties throughout the Pacific. But for this soldier, he found…
A Story of Survival at Pearl Harbor
He was a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Interestingly, his ship was not hit by a torpedo, yet it sank and capsized…..
A Six Year Tour in Honolulu
Before 1941, Pearl Harbor was a place unknown to many Americans. That was certainly the case for Wilbur Wright, an 18 year old who was…
Camp Floyd
For three years, 3500 soldiers served alongside one another in Utah Territory. It was the largest military outpost in the country. But within a matter…