Every rancher knows they need good fences to keep the herd from running wild on the neighbor’s property.  In the 1850s there were not any…

When bridges become obsolete, they are usually torn down and sold for scrap.  This city thought their over century old bridge might be worth something….

This city is not even 40 years old, yet it grown to over 60,000 residents.  When you consider it’s in the middle of the desert,…

Today you can find many canoes made from aluminum or fiberglass, but you don’t see many constructed of Birch bark.  That fact makes Carl Coster’s…

Normally companies who operate illegally do so by carefully hiding their activities.  This company made no such move to operate secretively.  Of course it’s easily…

Imagine paddling a canoe for eight weeks, reaching your destination, and then turning around and paddling eight weeks back home.  It was reality for the…

What is the most important commodity in the world?  There are a variety of answers you might get to that question, but in the late…

In the early 1980′s, the United States put its first woman into space, a full two decades after space travel began. So why didn’t women…

A doctor is expected to wear a white coat. A policeman is supposed to have a badge. A cowboy, of course, must wear a cowboy…

This song hit number 12 on the billboard charts 40 years ago, and it’s popularity seems to keep growing.  In fact, this town like the…