Swing bridges span waterways, allowing train or automobile traffic to cross from one side to the other. With a turn of 90 degrees, a boat safely passes through the waters below while traffic above is stopped. But one wrong turn can be disastrous. In 1875, the construction of a wooden ...
Read More »Cherry-Picking Truth
There once was a young boy named George with a shiny new hatchet that would soon bring him trouble. It happened when he decided to try his little hatchet on a young cherry tree belonging to his father. When the man found his little tree lying on the ground and ...
Read More »When the Bill Comes Due
In 1940, a new house could be yours for around $4,000. A shiny new automobile could be driven off the lot for about $850, filled with gasoline costing 11 cents per gallon. For the man with a wedding or other important social event on his calendar, a well-tailored new suit ...
Read More »Soldiers of Earth, Soldiers of Heaven
A proud young military man sat in dim light, penning a letter to his family back home. It was the fall of 1918, and he had been stationed in Kentucky for his training before he would enter the battle of the Great War. Influenza raged, causing fear in his camp. ...
Read More »Gilded Deceit
The Gilded Age in American history was certainly a time when our reality was thinly covered in gold-hued paint! Beginning with the Civil War’s end and lasting to the early 1900’s, it was our most prosperous age for a few chosen citizens, while to the outsider it appeared that all ...
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