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Some pioneers and goods traveled west by steamboat. As noted in last week’s post, the Missouri River made a great road. For the times. If ...

Can you name the longest river in North America? No, it isn’t the Mississippi. The correct answer is the Missouri. It starts on the wester...

Until World War II came along, World War I was called “the great war” and “the war to end all wars.” It was the first war featuring airp...

  Can you recite the U.S. Presidents in order? I can’t. But I can, and do, enjoy learning about them. Many people don’t realize how muc...

Abbie Burgess Grant was a well-known, romantic figure in her day, but Ida Lewis may have been the most famous of the lighthouse daughter...

Unlike Catherine Moore, Abbie Burgess did not have to go outside to light the lights. The 28 lamps hung in two stone towers attached to ...

At least three female U.S. lighthouse keepers started their careers before they reached maturity. Although their fathers were the offici...