The Hemingway House, a Key West Legend
Ernest Hemingway is an Illinois Boy. Years ago, I went by his boyhood home in Oak Park, but didn’t have time to stop. …
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Cock-a-doodle-do Roosters in Paradise! Chickens are a wild bird in Key West.
So, there are six-toed cats at Ernest Hemingway’s House, and on the island there are also chickens. There are brightly colored, noisy roosters well,…
The beautiful Velie Monocoupe, a Moline legacy
If you like stories about planes and automobiles, you will like this one! Rex Cherrington, a historian from the Galesburg area had a…
The Old Lincoln Courtroom & Museum, where Lincoln’s Almanac Trial Took Place
It was a day where we were without jobs so Keith and I headed to Beardstown to see the Old Lincoln Courthouse &…
A Ride in a C47 at the Yankee Air Museum!
So, I got to go on a ride in the Douglas C-47 Skytrain named Yankee Doodle Dandy! As one of a group of…