Archives for October 2014

The Cave of the Winds is one of the American West’s most historic caverns, having been shown continuously to the public since 1881. With more than two miles of known passageways, the cave is exquisitely decorated with breathtaking stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, and rare beaded helictites. Visitors today tour through much of the system following winding […]

ESSAYS AND POEMS BY: Gerardo “Lalo” Barca Marilyn Cosho Pam Demo Anthony Doerr Bill English John and Sheri Freemuth Stacey Guill Alan Heathcock Charles Hummel Laura Johnston Gerri Godfrey Kawczynski Sarah Masterson Alan Minskoff John D. Mutch Heidi Naylor Diane Raptosh Sheilah Robertson Rita Branham Rodriguez Diane Ronayne Dede Ryan Todd Shallat Gino Sky Janet […]

The personal stories in A History of the National Black Nurses Association, Volume II, 1999–2013 let the reader learn about NBNA from primary sources rather than from an editor’s interpretation. The NBNA leaders who served as national presidents and chartered local chapter presidents have told their own legacies, organizational strategies, successes, and barriers. Each of […]

The Arkansas Livestock Show Association has existed for seventy-five years, but since the late 1860s, Arkansas has had numerous State Fairs and Livestock Shows. While these early Fairs and associations promoted agriculture in their state and tourism in their cities, they struggled year after year to raise the money needed to hold these events. With […]

This collection of postcards tells the story of Aransas County from the 1870s through the 1970s. Rockport acquired its name from the Rocky Point, a limestone ledge in Aransas Bay. It was a safe harbor for ships that transported products from the cattle packing plants that flourished in the county after the Civil War. Range […]

A Legacy of Service: The AmeriPride and Canadian Linen Story is a pictorial corporate history celebrating the 125th anniversary of one of today’s most successful textile rental companies. It began in Lincoln, Nebraska, with two young brothers, a laundry route, and fifty dollars. Today, the family-owned company continues to flourish throughout the United States and […]

Stanley Consultants’ one-hundredth anniversary seems a perfect time to capture the essence of our great company. The centennial history allows us to reminisce about the early days and the moments and contributions still fresh in our minds. It allows us to ponder the future and recommit to continuing progress toward a better work. The book […]

The global iron and steel industry was transformed during the second half of the twentieth century. Vertically integrated steelmakers had dominated the industry since the advent of Henry Bessemer’s steelmaking process in the mid-nineteenth century, but a group of entrepreneurs in North America, Europe, and Asia built an entirely new industry utilizing electric arc furnaces […]

Alpha Epsilon Pi: The Centennial, 1913–2013 is a fascinating look at the history of America’s pre-eminent national Jewish fraternity. Founded by a group of Jewish night students at the School of Commerce at New York University the year prior to the start of the Great War, Alpha Epsilon Pi provided Jewish students at America’s colleges […]

If buildings could talk, what tales the Albuquerque Country Club (ACC) could spin. The venerable old Club is celebrating its centennial with a series of events that began even before the calendar rolled over to 2014. The celebratory year is taking place in the Club’s grand Clubhouse under the shade of century-old cottonwood trees. There […]