History we should know.
The Game That Inspired “Red Elephant” Lore! The Gainesville High School Red Elephants On October 25, 1935, Gainesville High’s undefeated crimson-clad warriors—then simply the Red and White—thundered into Marietta, Georgia, under the lights to face the undefeated Blue Devils in a marquee matchup hyped across Atlanta newspapers. They delivered a crushing 26-6 victory. Star […]
Short Answer: Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Read the full story below. They Shipped Me Off Across The Lake! Beneath London’s brooding, mist-wreathed skies, where the River Thames slithered like a silver serpent through the city’s ancient heart, the London Bridge of 1831 stood as a monument to human defiance. Its five granite arches, hewn from […]
Short Answer: Henry Livingston Jr. wrote the poem according to a growing number of literary sleuths. However, many still argue for Clement Clarke Moore. Read the full story below. A Two-Hundred-Year-Old Literary Whodunit! I vividly remember a Christmas when my daughter was just three—long before she could read. Every night she would toddle over to […]
She was the most unlikely Daredevil to ever conquer Niagara Falls and the first documented survivor. Niagara Falls, a natural wonder that straddles the border between the United States and Canada, has always been a magnet for adventurers and daredevils. But in the annals of Niagara Falls history, one name stands out as a testament […]