Paul “Palul” Rideout Still Creating at 85… Watch Paul “Palul” Rideout at the wheel, and you begin to understand something. His hands move into the spinning clay with a confidence …
Icons of the Cruise
Classic Cars You’ll Probably See During Kool April Nites… Every spring, thousands of car enthusiasts gather in Redding for Kool April Nites—one of Northern California’s largest classic car events. What …
The Lodge on Butte
Historic Odd Fellows Hall Still Anchors Downtown… On a Lake Shasta Caverns tour early last summer, a light shines on a ladder going down into a dark hole. “That was …
First in Sports American Style
The Moments That Started Your Favorite Games… First American Football Game1869—Rutgers vs. PrincetonPlayed November 6, 1869, this game looked more like soccer than modern football. Each team had 25 players …
The 600 Foot Legend
Babe Ruth’s legendary Siskiyou County Visit… Local history often survives by being told and retold, eventually teetering on the brink of folklore. In Siskiyou County, one of those enduring stories revolves …
A Sweet Accident
Ruth Wakefield Invents the Chocolate Chip Cookie… The chocolate chip cookie wasn’t the result of a long experiment—it was a happy accident. In the 1930s, Ruth Wakefield, co-owner of the …
Hanging by a Thread
The Rescue That Saved Lives Resulted in a Pulitzer Prize… The best photographs are rarely planned. They happen in the space between intention and accident, when an ordinary person with …
Power Beyond Position
Eleanor Roosevelt: Redefining the Role of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt transformed the role of First Lady from a ceremonial position into a powerful platform for advocacy, communication and leadership. Serving from …
Breaking Barriers
A small sampling of history-making women… Aviation & Space Amelia Earhart: First woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean (1932).Fact note: Others crossed earlier with co-pilots or passengers; this …