Franz Sigel Rolla and the Day the War Came by Train
Franz Sigel Rolla history changed everything when 600 Union soldiers stepped off the train into a town of 1,500 — and I walk that same ground today.
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The Flower That Bleeds: What Bloodroot Taught Me About Showing Up Before You’re Ready
A White Square on the Forest Floor I found my first bloodroot of the season yesterday morning, tucked against the base of an oak where the leaf litter had pulled back just enough. Eight white petals, arranged in that odd square shape that makes you do a double-take. By the time I walked back that…
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Napoleon’s Secret and the Dirt Beneath Your Feet: How Missouri Became America
Napoleon Bonaparte was losing. This struggle would eventually be tied to the Louisiana Purchase and Missouri history, setting the stage for a fascinating chapter in America’s past. By the spring of 1803, his dream of a French empire in the Americas was already in ruins. A slave rebellion in Saint-Domingue — the island we now…
