Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Americana
Diary of Orrin Brown, off Hampton Roads, Virginia Monday–May 1st When I got up this morning I found myself in sight of Ft. Clark on Hattarass Inlett. The boat just haulted long enough for the Pilot to land and then we pulled out onto the broad Atlantic,there was quite a thunderstorm came up about 8 […]
Diary of Orrin Brown, on Hitchcock’s Creek, outside Rockingham, North Carolina Wednesday–March 8th We were on the road at 6 AM. I got my Knapsack into the Ambulance today. It was very foggy this morning and about 10 AM it commenced raining and rained till about 3 PM and then it poured down almost in […]
The American Farm Bureau Federation is holding their annual meeting in Seattle this week. Farm Bureaus Lead Rural Development Efforts SEATTLE, January 12, 2010 – There was a time when railroads were the perfect rural development tool. Then the interstate system brought prosperity – or in some cases decline – to certain towns. These days, […]
