Grandpa Wallace told me his memories of January 1940. He had just turned sixteen and a long period of below zero temperatures had...

By 1870, Stone County had been in existence for almost twenty years. Local resident Elbert Butler, who named the first trading post...

Shortly after her birth, the family relocated to Christian County, as her mom's family was based there at the time.

This led me down another goose chase, all I wanted to know was whatever became of George Rhodes. All of a sudden, doing a few online...

One of Branson's long-standing structures, the Branson Hotel was built by the Branson Town Company on Main Street...

Into the 1870s, Gould would take over the Union Pacific Railroad after its stock had dropped during the Panic of 1873.

 Setbacks would almost always be an issue. As the years went by there would be more rock and dirt slides, flooding, burned out bridges...

   That railroad would become the line that brought all of the fans and readers to our Roark Valley to see the Shepherd of the Hills...

  Hale definitely came into the business with a splash, but slightly late in the game. When Gene Autry left Republic Pictures for Columbia..

Excited to learn more, just outside of Kearney on I-80, we stopped by the historic Archway exhibit, a wonderful museum...

Elsbery W. Reynolds was born in Carroll County, Missouri, on February 7, 1868, just south of Chillicothe. He was the third of six children..

 A couple of days ago a guest here asked a few questions wanting to know more about Harold Bell Wright's popularity as an author...

 In 1880 the community of Durango, Colorado, was founded by the Denver & Rio Grande Railway. In early August 1881 the rail line...

 While doing some exploring in this little neighborhood, I have discovered that Piersanti was born in Superior, Wyoming, on November 3, 1916

A few days ago we came through central Texas and into west Texas where we spent a night in Littlefield, located 35 miles northwest...

During the 1920s the Weaver Brothers and Elviry act really took off, as they performed in front of large audiences. In 1923 Leon and June...

 Ray was known for his pop hits and country hits. When he arrived in Branson his records had numbered over 100 million in sales.

 A Los Angeles promoter by the name of Foreman Phillips opened a number of ballrooms and venues for Western swing bands.

 In chapter two of "The Shepherd of the Hills," Young Matt is introduced to the readers in the third paragraph. 

Lately, a number of Eddy's television appearances on the Ozark Jubilee from the 1950s have surfaced on YouTube...