June 1, 2023HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... Still Smoldering: Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow, The Great Chicago Fire, and a Myth that Never Died Mrs. Kate O’Leary and her cow will likely remain connected to the Great Chicago Fire for centuries to come READ MORE
May 25, 2023HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... Porkopolis AKA Cincinnati, Ohio During the 19th century Cincinnati was the nation’s predominant pork processing site, earning it the nickname “Porkopolis” READ MORE
May 18, 2023HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... Soldiers of the Soils: The Victory Gardens of World Wars I & II For Americans, the cultivating of Victory Gardens was an important activity practiced on the home front during World War I and World War II READ MORE
May 11, 2023HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... King Cotton: The Confederacy’s Attempt to Gain Legitimacy Through Cotton Cotton played a role in the outbreak of the Civil War and remained a political and economic factor throughout the war READ MORE
May 4, 2023HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... A Brief Buzz Through American Beekeeping The art of beekeeping has been around for centuries and is still widely practiced today READ MORE
April 27, 2023Hansen's Histories ... “There She Blows!”: The Rise and Fall of the American Whaling Industry While America’s whaling heyday ended long ago, the practice remains in conversation around the world today READ MORE
April 20, 2023HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... The Tree Army: The Civilian Conservation Corps and Its Work The goal of the CCC was twofold: put unemployed young men to work and alleviate environmental problems READ MORE
April 13, 2023Hansen's Histories ... The Farmall Regular: A Revolutionary Tractor In 1923 the McCormick-Deering Farmall was ready for field testing and 200 were produced that year READ MORE
April 6, 2023HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... Cracking Into the Easter Egg's History There are two theories that exist as to how the egg became associated with Easter READ MORE
March 30, 2023HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... The General Store: The Farmer’s One-Stop Shop While not many general stores exist today their memory lives on as a piece of Americana READ MORE