Illustrated Accounts of Farmers Encountering UFOs, Hoaxes and The Unknown
Aliens and glowing things in the sky? Secure your sheep!
The Illustrated, Odd and True Tale of Dave’s Killer Bread
From the son of an organic breadmaker to felon to breadmaker back to (alleged) felon: the story of Dave Dahl.
An Illustrated Account of ‘The Great Die-Up’ of the 1880s
How a cattle boom in Badlands followed by a hard winter led to 9 out of 10 cattle dying on the range.
An Illustrated Account of the 1830’s Mulberry Craze
In the 1830s, lured by the promise of becoming rich from the domestic silk worm trade, Connecticut went through a mulberry tree boom, bubble and eventual bust.
An Illustrated Account of the Great Maple Syrup Heist
How thieves in Quebec made off with over $18 million in maple syrup.
An Illustrated Account of the Pleasant Valley Sheep War
The Pleasant Valley Sheep War broke out in Arizona in the 1880s between two families, the sheep-herding Tewksburys and the cattle-herding Grahams. By the war’s end, nearly every family member of both clans was dead.
The Illustrated Journals of a Dairy Farmer in 1941
Lucas Adams retraces his great-grandfather’s steps at the present-day site of High Acres farm.
The Illustrated Journals of a Dairy Farmer in 1941
In the early 1940s William George Pope, and his wife Mildred "Moodie” Pope, left Utica, NY and bought a farm. They named it High Acres, and started raising Ayeshire Cattle. Pope ...
The Illustrated Journals of a Dairy Farmer in 1941
The continuing journals of dairy farmer W.G. Pope from 1941, as illustrated by his great-grandson. This week: husking corn.
