The amount of engineering, time, and funding put into the racecars we know today is incredible. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is a multi-million dollar organization. Born from the Daytona Beach land speed...
Manufacturing has been an important part of the American economy since the late 1800s. Throughout the Southeast textile mills were established to create jobs for local workers and to keep investments in the community. Places that were...
As the nation deals with questions pertaining to climate change and energy independence, coal remains in the headlines. The coal industry in the United States has a long history, intertwined with the rise of the industrial economy...
Having written #1 hit songs in five different decades, Bobby Braddock is one of country music's most successful and prolific songwriters. Here are five books to read that will have you putting your old records on!
Detroit. The name alone may bring up the image of the classic American Muscle car. Designed and built in the Motor City. The car’s radio blaring the unmistakable sound of a Motown hit. For others, the name...
By the time Elbert Gary had completed his plans, the Indiana city of Gary and its mills could boast twelve blast furnaces, forty-seven steel furnaces, an impressive harbor -- and an unknown number of lingering ghosts.
In the decades following the American Revolution, white Americans pushed westward past their coastal towns and into the frontier region -- and one of the areas they settled was Shelby County, Indiana.
Today...
Every year, residents of Chicagoland celebrate "Chicago Day," the one day a year that matches the city's area code (312). One of the greatest parts of Chicago is the diversity of the city today and how diverse...
For a brief moment that most would struggle to call "shining," the town of Borger, Texas was on the way to becoming one of the great boomtowns of Texas oil history. But greed and grift sent...
