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It’s known as the Old Stone Fort, but using the term “fort” is perhaps a bit liberal. While the structure was strong, i...
07/06/2025

It’s known as the Old Stone Fort, but using the term “fort” is perhaps a bit liberal. While the structure was strong, it served other purposes and the place still shares the story of the early history of east Texas today… https://bit.ly/3SDEzFL.

Photo: Texas State Historical Association

When a small store in Chico, California decided to have some fun and create a local yoyo contest, they never imagined wh...
07/06/2025

When a small store in Chico, California decided to have some fun and create a local yoyo contest, they never imagined what it might turn into. Today it’s an event that draw huge crowds and sends winner to international competitions… https://bit.ly/3ZhQIE2.

Photo: National YoYo Museum

06/06/2025

Chugwater, Wyoming is a town of under 200 residents in the southeastern part of the Cowboy state. I recently had a chance to meet their mayor, a relatively young newcomer from Pennsylvania. What he’s learned and what he’s shared with the community holds lessons for all of us on building better farms, ranches, small towns and communities that thrive... https://bit.ly/3FIRMKA.

Photo: Chugwater

Imagine a yoyo so large you needed a crane to lift it. That’s exactly what this man created, and the stunt helped his in...
06/06/2025

Imagine a yoyo so large you needed a crane to lift it. That’s exactly what this man created, and the stunt helped his innovations to a long time toy create demand for his brand… https://bit.ly/43MwO5D.

Photo: National YoYo Museum

We’ve all seen them. Many of us played with them as a toy, but perhaps you didn’t know its origin and that there is a mu...
06/06/2025

We’ve all seen them. Many of us played with them as a toy, but perhaps you didn’t know its origin and that there is a museum for it? Here's the story - https://bit.ly/45aCith.

Photo: National YoYo Museum

There’s a smell coming from the place Pete works. It’s an odor that actually attracts rather than repels people, for tho...
05/06/2025

There’s a smell coming from the place Pete works. It’s an odor that actually attracts rather than repels people, for those smells are from some products loved by many people across the country and around the globe. The story - https://bit.ly/3SFHSfM.

Photo: Powder and Bulk Solids

There was a time when cattle ranchers and sheep herders clashed, sometimes violently, in the western U.S. This town saw ...
05/06/2025

There was a time when cattle ranchers and sheep herders clashed, sometimes violently, in the western U.S. This town saw it’s share of unfriendly encounters as well, but today the sheep and specifically the dogs that help shepherd them are the focus of a huge annual event that can bring competitors from around the world. Here's the story - https://bit.ly/4knL4IY.

Photo: Meeker Classic Sheep Dog Trials

In the fall of 1879, an unfortunate set of events led to a clash between Native Americans and white settlers in northwes...
05/06/2025

In the fall of 1879, an unfortunate set of events led to a clash between Native Americans and white settlers in northwestern Colorado. Several men were killed and the way of life changed here forever... https://bit.ly/3HJ4RUH.

In western Colorado you’ll find the town of Meeker. It’s the surname of a family sent here in the 1870s for a job with t...
05/06/2025

In western Colorado you’ll find the town of Meeker. It’s the surname of a family sent here in the 1870s for a job with the federal government. Here's the story - https://bit.ly/45FGuBh.

He is a man of legend … a man whose story may be larger than life, a renegade who history now looks upon as a catalyst t...
05/06/2025

He is a man of legend … a man whose story may be larger than life, a renegade who history now looks upon as a catalyst to the civil war. It’s Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia and John Brown’s raid on the federal arsenal... https://bit.ly/4kMmqS8.

Photo: NPS

It was the site of events that would change the history of this nation, and in turn, influence the world. While the town...
05/06/2025

It was the site of events that would change the history of this nation, and in turn, influence the world. While the town is now gone, it’s impact is not. Here's the story - https://bit.ly/45OX5CG.

Photo: NPS

Wendover, Utah is home to a closed air base that still has many features of the days when it was in operation. In fact, ...
27/05/2025

Wendover, Utah is home to a closed air base that still has many features of the days when it was in operation. In fact, this was the base that crews used to train for a mission to use the first nuclear weapon in war… https://bit.ly/3YYPYDO.

Photo: Historic Wendover Airfield

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