Insights and Stories From the Past

Monument to the Heroic Overmountain Men, at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park, in Elizabethton, Tennessee

OVERMOUNTAIN MEN TURN TIDE OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR

04/27/2022
The brave men that gathered at what is now known...
Adventure / American History / Boone / Hidden History / History / Kentucky History / Museum / Pioneer / Revolutionary War / Tennessee History / US History / Virginia History
"Pete" Browning, aka "The Louisville Slugger" & "The Gladiator" (credit Wikipedia)

LOUISVILLE SLUGGER, HISTORY OF THE BAT NAMED FOR PETE BROWNING

04/19/2022
How many of us have used a Louisville Slugger? It's...
Adventure / American History / Famous Graves / Hidden History / History / Kentucky History / US History
Nicola Marschall, "The Artist of the Confederacy"

DESIGNER OF THE CONFEDERATE FLAG AND UNIFORM, NICOLA MARSCHALL

04/16/2022
The “Stars and Bars” is a symbol that many history...
American History / Civil War / Confederate / Famous Graves / Hidden History / History / Kentucky History / US History
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LINCOLN MUSEUM, A BRIEF TOUR & ITS HISTORY

04/14/2022
  Abraham Lincoln is one of the most famous and most...
American History / Ancestry / Civil War / Genealogy / Hidden History / History / Kentucky History / Lincoln / Museum / US History
Clan Carson at the mystical Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland

CLAN CARSON’S EPIC IRELAND ADVENTURE

03/29/2022
This is the story of Clan Carson’s trip to Ireland...
Adventure / Ancestry / Genealogy / History / Ireland / Irish History
The Mordecai Lincoln House in Washington County, Kentucky

IF HE MISSED,THERE WOULD BE NO LINCOLN…

03/12/2022
If he had missed his shot, we would not have...
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The Francis Berry Cabin, where Nancy Hanks-Lincoln lived when she met Thomas Lincoln

LINCOLN’S PARENTS, THEIR STORY!

03/09/2022
Abraham Lincoln was known for his humble backwoods, self-taught beginnings....
American History / Ancestry / Civil War / Genealogy / Hidden History / History / Kentucky History / Pioneer / US History
Replica cabin at Lincoln's boyhood home at Knob Creek, Kentucky

LINCOLN’S BOYHOOD HOME AT KNOB CREEK, KENTUCKY

03/08/2022
Abraham Lincoln said, “My earliest recollection was of the Knob...
American History / Ancestry / Civil War / Genealogy / Hidden History / History / Kentucky History / Pioneer / US History
Shrine built over the Abraham Lincoln birth cabin at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, near Hodgenville, Kentucky

ABRAHAM LINCOLN BIRTHPLACE, A BRIEF HISTORY

03/07/2022
The little piece of land was so important to President...
American History / Ancestry / Civil War / Genealogy / Hidden History / History / Kentucky History / Pioneer / US History
Headstone of Muhammad Ali in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky

MUHAMMAD ALI, A BRIEF SUMMARY OF “THE GREATEST”

03/02/2022
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” “Don't count...
American History / Famous Graves / History / Kentucky History / US History
Confederate Lt. Colonel William Shy

MURDER? MYSTERY! HEADLESS CORPSE FOUND ON CIVIL WAR GRAVE!

02/25/2022
Creepy things have been known to happen at night in...
American History / Civil War / Hidden History / History / Mystery / Tennessee History / US History
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MOST UNDERRATED MAN IN FRONTIER HISTORY, BENJAMIN LOGAN

02/18/2022
 One of the most important Kentucky founders is buried on...
Adventure / American History / Boone / Hidden History / History / Kentucky History / Pioneer / Revolutionary War / US History / Virginia History

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