Exploring History & Discovering Your Spark
Move the slider to see the before and after. Okay, I've told so many people how I've made one-hundred-year-old headstones look like new again. They look at the photos and ask, "What did you use to get that result?" They also remark, "You must have worked hours on cleaning that!" The product I used was… Continue reading Revive Old Headstones with Wet & Forget
I enjoyed this book. Larson’s narrative style is captivating, introducing characters and events in a way that builds tension and excitement. The alternating perspectives keep the reader engaged, making for a thrilling read while also offering historical education. The topic here is not just about the famous Battle at Fort Sumter. Larson shows us how… Continue reading Book Review- “Demons of Unrest”
Wow, just an incredible read! I couldn’t put this one down because the horror just pulls you in for more. The whole time I was reading, I kept thinking about what my family and I would be doing if this actual scenario were playing out. Nuclear war has no winners. Those “walking the razor’s edge,”… Continue reading Book Review- “Nuclear War A Scenario”
Such a big dose of the feels today. We went to a family reunion this afternoon down near Sugar Island, Wisconsin. I met many Fredericks I've never met before, and it was an absolute blast! The Frederick family is good folk! On our drive down, we drove past some places where some childhood memories were… Continue reading A Case of the Feels
I ran across this interesting article about the Deutz-Allis 9170. It was one of the first tractors made by the newly formed Deutz-Allis Corp. after the buyout of the Allis-Chalmers agricultural line. As Allis-Chalmers struggled in the 1980s the company looked to sell divisions off to stay in the black. Unfortunately, the manufacture of the… Continue reading Collateral Damage: The Deutz-Allis 9170
I am a volunteer at our county historical society, and we were donated a couple photos that have/may have ties to Allis-Chalmers. One photo is marked that it is an AC tractor axle. The other I am not sure of. It appears that these were both military contracted projects. I hope someone reading this will… Continue reading Allis-Chalmers Mystery Photos
I stumbled across this article that was published two years ago. I know my fair share about AC, but I learned a few more facts from this article! Our business history articles often focus on the consumer products and services industries with which we all interact – from auto companies to department stores. Yet… Continue reading Forgotten Industrial Giant: The Allis-Chalmers Story – The American Business History Center
Hahaha...so that's how they caught British spies!
Journalist Lesley Blume's book "Fallout" ably tells the story about how John Hersey and the New Yorker navigated government censorship and political opposition to publish Hersey's "Hiroshima," a foundational work in later movements to prevent nuclear war. Source: Review: Lesley Blume's “Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World”
A PBS documentary investigates the cause of the infamous 1937 explosion that tanked the airship industry Source: Watch Newly Resurfaced Footage of the Hindenburg Disaster
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