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An Italian Settlement Along the Gulf Shores

Some cities or regions are known for the nationalities of the people who settled there.  But this perhaps seems a bit out of place –…

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Posted in Alabama American Countryside

A Tree with Notoriety

The resort was a place that saw entertainers of the day stop and provider performances…Alfred says even President Millard Fillmore was a guest here. In…

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The Captain Who Needed Some Water

Did you ever visit a location and say to yourself, “I wish I could live here.”  That’s in a since what happened to the captain…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

Surviving a Blizzard on Christmas Candy

There are tales of locusts that consumer the crops and a blizzard so bad that a man had to hunker down in a cave and…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

The Dugout on Plumb Creek

Early pioneers sometimes did not have the means or resources to build a house on the prairie.  They instead created something called a dugout.  This…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

The Wilder Pageant

This outdoor theatre has been taking place since the 1970s.  It’s hosted in a very small town and is all about life in and around…

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Posted in American Countryside Nebraska

The Fastest Blackbird

It’s the largest and fastest blackbird you’ll ever see.  But it’s just one of many intriguing items associated with America’s strategic command of the air. …

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

The Fame of Charles Lindbergh

It’s hare do describe just how famous this man had become.  It’s estimated that in the late 1920s one in four Americans had traveled to…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

Seeing His First Airplane

Do you remember seeing an important event for the first time when you were a kid.  That was the case for Charles and it definitely…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

Boy Charles, The Inventor

Sometimes kids, even from an early age, will give you a glimpse of what they might do or become as they grow older.  The contraptions…

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