Tag: History

Life Beyond The Longships: Viking Culture

They came from the land of ice and snow. They raided, they…

Catherine Lugo Catherine Lugo

Zen and the Sport of Scything: Tai-chi or Golf?

I have to cut some hay.  It’s one of those must-do things. …

Chris Devaney Chris Devaney

Due Dill-igence: Facts and Growing Tips for Dill

Sure, we've got growing tips for dill but first, a little history...…

Gay Ingram Gay Ingram

The Mountain Men: America’s Original Survivalists

Who were the mountain men? They were the pathfinders of yore, lovers…

Catherine Lugo Catherine Lugo

The Sweet History of Gingerbread

Who can resist the spicy, sweet smell of freshly baked gingerbread, especially…

Charles Powers Charles Powers

An Illustrated History of Log Cabins

Just down the road from our house sits a sagging cabin made…

Doug Smith Doug Smith

Living to Tell the Homesteading Tale

Life is full of surprises, and few people would have known that…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Matilda Jackson: Making a Home on the Last Frontier

Sometimes the best plans go awry, and for intrepid female Matilda Glover…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Aprons: A Cover Story

Just when I thought that my one apron, Old Faithful was all…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Mollie Dorsey Sanford: Frontier Wife, Frontier Life

An intrepid, independent soul, Mollie Dorsey was a homesteader in her teens,…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

An Empire That Stood Alone: Black American Homesteaders in Wyoming

There were a lot of reasons for Americans to head West after…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

A Town Named Audacious and African American Homesteaders

“Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

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