By Escott Brostrom, Rock Island, Illinois On a hot summer sunday afternoon, my wife and I had been invited to a swimming party at the home of some friends. With our two children in the care of my grandmother, Cherie and I felt as free as the breeze.  As I stood on the diving board, [Continue]

—By Marilynn and William Webber William “Bill” Henry was at the throttle of his steam locomotive the Buffalo Flyer. The train had stopped at Port Pennsylvania, and filled its tanks with water. The night express was running at full speed just above Shickshinny where the mining region begins, when the engineer was startled to see [Continue]

—By Marilynn and William Webber It has been years since Opal Housley was a girl living on a farm near Inola, Oklahoma. One event from her teen years is still as clear as the day it happened. Opal’s father had taken the wagon to town, leaving his wife and daughter to do the chores. Opal [Continue]