December 12, 2024HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... Keeping Watch Over Their Flocks: The Shepherds of the Nativity Shepherds played an important role in the agriculture of Middle Eastern Antiquity READ MORE
November 22, 2024Hansen's Histories ... Fortuitous Fowl: The Presidential Turkey Pardon Through Time The turkey pardoning ceremony has become an established light-hearted duty that the president performs in the days leading up to Thanksgiving READ MORE
November 6, 2024HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... British Invasion: The British Roots of Some of America’s Dairy Breeds Learn about the British bovines whose descendants are a part of the modern American dairy industry READ MORE
October 24, 2024HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... Johnny Appleseed: The Fact and Fiction of the Folk Legend This wanderer has achieved mythic status in American folklore alongside the likes of Paul Bunyan, John Henry, Pecos Bill, and others READ MORE
May 30, 2024HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... The Matanuska Valley Colony: Founding Farms in the Land of the Midnight Sun A New Deal program sought to help struggling farmers get a new start by farming in Alaska’s Matanuska Valley READ MORE
May 16, 2024HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... Discontented Distillers: The Whiskey Rebellion The Excise Whiskey Tax of 1791 placed an excise tax on the manufacture of whiskey and was the first tax on a domestic product in the United States READ MORE
May 9, 2024HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... Floriography: The Victorian Flower Language Aside from being a good gift, did you know that flowers have their own secret language? READ MORE
May 2, 2024HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... Derby Days: 150 Years of the Kentucky Derby After 150 years the Kentucky Derby remains a marquee event on the American sports calendar READ MORE
May 1, 2024HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... Still Smoldering: Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow, The Great Chicago Fire, and a Myth that Never Died Mrs. Kate O’Leary and her cow will likely remain connected to the Great Chicago Fire for centuries to come READ MORE
April 25, 2024HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... The Lawn: Afterthought to American Standard The lawn has become synonymous with home ownership and everyday American life READ MORE