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Opening & Closing the Old Faithful Inn
Depending on where live in the country, you sometimes have to ready your home for the cold winter months. Now image getting a 300-plus room…
Yellowstone by Stagecoach
Today you can take a highway loop to the sites at Yellowstone National Park. In the days before cars, that trip was made in a…
An Inn by the Geysers
In the latter half of the 1800s, explorers and early visitors to what is today Yellowstone National Park were amazed by the area’s geysers –…
The Van Doren Brothers
The Van Doren brothers hailed from Vermilion County, Illinois. Their father saw great potential in his sons and even made a move to get them…
Mr. Speaker
The Speaker of the House is an important position in government and this man is often regarded as the man who dominated that role and…
Joe Cannon’s Early Lessons
What happens in a kid’s life can have an impact on what they do later in life. That was the case for Joe Cannon and…
A Name Within a Name
A name may say a lot about a person. In this case, there was a man’s name within a man’s name. It was his parents…
The Landmark Golf Course
You won’t find a big sign for this place and you’ll travel down plenty of gravel roads to reach it – but many people do. …
Traveling Gravel Roads to Golf
“Landmand” is the Danish word for farmer and in northeast Nebraska you’ll find a place that recently opened with that name. It’s a nod to…
A Piece of Ground that Stands Out
Bryce Andersen’s family had a piece of ground that stood out, but for the wrong reasons. It was just too hilly to farm, and they…