Sometimes I think we fail to take the time to really enjoy the bounty of the land and sea which is served up at our dinner tables each day; ...

While economists argue about whether the country is headed for a period of inflation ( an increase in the cost of goods and services), or wh...

The story of the American West is closely tied to the coming of “The Iron Horse”, and the ribbons of shiny steel which sought to bridge the ...

The story about which I write today – on the 65th anniversary of its occurrence – is one which I revisit each year at this time because of t...

Pemaquid Point Light captured in a setting no longer possible after years of change in the surrounding landscape. Stones weighing many tons...

Al Cooper’s version of fish chowder for this week features fresh steelhead salmon from the Pacific Northwest, fresh garden peas, and tiny wh...

A Pennsylvania sun sets over Little Round Top, where on July 1st, 1863, Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain and the men of the 20th Maine Voluntee...

One hundred and forty-seven years ago this June 30th, a handful of troopers from Major General John Buford’s Union cavalry ran into a group ...

One of Al Cooper’s garden favorites is a bi-colored heirloom tomato known as “Georgia Streak”, with some specimens reaching nearly two pound...

Chief Sitting Bull (Tatanka iyotake), a Hunkpapa Sioux spiritual leader was 45 at the time of the Big Horn battle. In 1890, he would be shot...

Major General (brevet) George Armstrong Custer in 1865 – The U.S. Army’s “Boy General” No chapter in American history has been so thoroughly...

Since the founding days of our republic, Americans have been a “holiday-keeping” people. We have long established and honored days of celeb...

Lying at the northern tip of a narrow peninsula on Willapa Bay, it is a destination one doesn’t discover by accident. Long before white man ...

One of the great joys of life for Shirley and myself, is the close connection we feel with three generations of our offspring. We think of ...

Within five hours of England’s declaration of war on August 14th, 1914, the British cable ship Teleconia dragged its grappling hooks across ...

One of the most innovative guerilla commanders of all time, General Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck invented camouflage, led herds of cattle to...

One of my favorite light houses is perched on a tiny nubble of rocky land which becomes an island at high tide, but is loosely connected to ...