The first operational helicopters took flight in the 1930s.   Widespread production of the aircraft didn’t occur for another decade after that.  However, inventors were...

It was proclaimed the Cowboy War by national newspapers.  It was truly a battle that required some of the biggest names in law enforcement to...

I’ve heard several stories over the years about towns fighting to be proclaimed the county seat in the early years of settlement.  But in western...

In an era when most farm boys completed eighth grade at most, this family saw something in their son that led them to help him...

The old farmhouse that sits about a dozen miles south of Cresco, Iowa that probably appears a lot like other homes built in the Depression...

She was built in 1854 and one hundred years later she was still serving in the U.S. navy.  We get the story of a ship...

A trip to the Baltimore harbor will provide you a glimpse of many ships.  But it is perhaps the oldest one in the harbor with...

When Japan surrendered to the U.S, Americans rejoiced to know that the conflict was coming to an end.  Buried in the news that very same...

We’ve shared many stories of veterans on this show over the years.  All are important stories, yet this one stands out.  It is the story...

As August of 1945 neared, one ship took a top secret cargo across the Pacific.  But for the men of the U.S. Indianpolis that shipment...