American Countryside

Since the late 1800s people have been coming to this small, but unusual place on the side of a mountain in north central Pennsylvania.  The geological anomaly has this particular spot producing sub-freezing conditions when the rest of the area is experiencing the heat of the summer

In north central Pennsylvania you’ll find a geological anomaly that is hard to believe.  It’s a specific place that grows colder and the countryside gets hotter.  So cold in fact, that it produces ice in the heat of July and August…

Life in this fort could be monotonous.  Life outside this fort in the nearby town could get you killed.  It’s a place were a fort worked to tame the west, but the wild west lived on through a mix of characters heading to the Black Hills and points west…

As rail lines were built west across Nebraska, there were sometimes conflicts between native Americans and those construction crews.  The town of Sidney, Nebraska owes its existence to the government’s work protecting the route…

How many ice cream sundaes can a person dish up in one day?  Perhaps there is a record somewhere, but what Misty Marsh accomplished was certainly a big deal…and a cause for a sore shoulder for several days…

Along Interstate 80 in western Nebraska you’ll find the small town of Potter.  Many people zip by the place on the four lane highway, but others stop to honor the birthplace of something many of us know and love…

If you wanted to travel from coast to coast by rail in 1870, you might consider a trip that took you through Omaha, or another that crossed via Kansas City.  The two routes could get you to your destination, but there was one major difference…

Where was the final spike driven to complete the transcontinental railroad?  Promontory, Utah is often declared to be the location, but this town says it is the real answer.  I’ll decipher the point the rails truly joined the ends of the country…

I recently visited a very interesting store in southwestern Wyoming.  You’ll find quite a price range – everything from twenty-five cents to over $20,000.  So what do they sell?

The soft stone of southwestern Wyoming preserves the story of what this area looked like eons ago.  It is unique geology that draws people here…