Pirates of the Mississippi

Pirates of the Mississippi Avast, me ‘earties! Gather around for a tale of treachery, murder and wonder, and consider ye warned. For the sharp swift blade of the buccaneer’s sword wasn’t for those of the Caribbean alone… When you hear the word pirate, you may...

You Are Our Founding Fathers

Did you know a myriagon is a polygon with 10,000 sides? Or that each person has an average of 10,000 taste buds? Or that there are nearly 10,000 different species of birds on the planet right now? These birds come in all shapes and sizes, some fly, some don’t. Every...

DEATH and Destruction!

The St. Paul Daily Globe’s headline from May 3, 1878 announced the explosion at the Washburn “A” Mill in Minneapolis that sent debris flying 300 feet into the air. The largest flour mill in the United States at the time, second largest in the world, lay in smoldering...

Today is history: July Newsletter

  Beyond the fireworks, picnics and cookouts, Fourth of July celebrations remind us of the sacrifices made by our ancestors 237 years ago. Those sacrifices guaranteed our rights to a free press and free speech, and we have the responsibility to exercise these...