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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, 1842-1913
Ambrose Bierce, a western American, writer and a participant in the American Civil War wrote, in 1900; The bullet that pierced Goebel’s breast Can not be found in all the West; Good reason, it is speeding here To stretch McKinley on his bier. Goebel was the Governor of Kentucky, assassinated before his term could transpire,…
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Orlando
Less than 50 miles west of Titusville is Orlando, Florida, home of Disney World. Straight to the east is Cape Canaveral, a section of marshy Atlantic Ocean coast owned by the federal government and used by NASA. More to the ocean goers tastes are Daytona Beach to the northeast, about an hour by car. Orlando…
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Robert Trent Jones Course near Anniston Al
Four nines at Silver Lakes north of Anniston on Alabama Rt 431 but south of Gadsden and Glencoe present themselves as a very cool Robert Trent Jones Trail course, and the closest course on the trail to Atlanta Georgia. Less than an hour from Villa Rica’s famous ‘the Frog’ course, Silver Lakes is also about…
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The Pine Beetle
In Colorado, Lodgepole Pine stands are being wiped out by the beetle. Global Warming Zealots blame the lack of a sustained freeze (twenty below for a week or more) that often decimates the Pine Beetle population. But the truth is that our efforts to fight forest fires is the real cause! Don’t get me wrong,…
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New Hampshire
Part of the 13 original colonies, New Hampshire became the 9th US state in 1788. New Hampshire borders Massachussetts, Vermont, Maine and Canada and prominently features the White Mountains and is commonly known as the “Granite State”. Some people may not realize that New Hampshire has a bit of Atlantic Ocean coastline. Concord, New Hampshire is…
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Huntsville Air Freight
Shippers need emergency shipments from Huntsville Alabama to Montgomery, or anywhere in the southeast, waste valuable hours getting their shipments to the airport, and from the airport to their end customer. Today’s airport regulations make it more and more difficult to handle air freight. Additionally, you are forced to deal with local couriers, or your…
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Bluegrass
Van Stephenson BIOGRAPHY – Van Wesley Stephenson (November 4, 1953[1] – April 8, 2001) Van Stephenson was born in Hamilton, Ohio but his family relocated to Altoona, Pennsylvania, and eventually settled in Nashville when he was ten. Vanderbilt University was a source of pride for little Van. Van, the “middle” child in a family of seven kids, was…
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North Carolina Tennessee
People wonder why the North Carolina sports teams like the UNC teams came to be known as Ter-Heels. Well we researched the problem and put the answer on our North Carolina Data Information Web-site. North Carolina is a state on the East Coast of the United States with Atlantic Ocean frontage and the city of…
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Lynchburg, Virginia
A city smack in the middle of the state, this is not the famous Lynchburg of moonshine whiskey. But at the base of the Blue Ridge Montains, there is no doubt moonshine in these hills. This Lynchburg is nestled between the mountains and the James River, with a history going back to the Lynch family…
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Mammoth Cave
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky is so big, it has it’s own zipcode. Half way between Nashville and Louisville Ky, it is a little north of Bowling Green Kentucky. According to their web-site, the first person to explore Mammoth Cave did so 40 centuries ago, and the cave was lost to even the American Indian for…