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Detail of Approaching Storm, 1938, thomas hart benton / Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Maltby Sykes, 1976.103.11

A greenhorn outsmarts a mule

by Dave Tabler

Today he’s recognized as one of the founders of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which later became NASA. His numerous patents included one for a method of greatly extending the range of long distance… Read More »A greenhorn outsmarts a mule

Delaware’s First Peach Boom

by Dave Tabler

The ‘Delaware peach’ ruled eastern markets from about 1840 till the turn of the 20th century. What about the ‘Georgia peach,’ you ask? Georgia horticulturists did indeed start a determined effort in the 1850s to… Read More »Delaware’s First Peach Boom