April 20, 2023HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... The Tree Army: The Civilian Conservation Corps and Its Work The goal of the CCC was twofold: put unemployed young men to work and alleviate environmental problems READ MORE
April 13, 2023Hansen's Histories ... The Farmall Regular: A Revolutionary Tractor In 1923 the McCormick-Deering Farmall was ready for field testing and 200 were produced that year READ MORE
April 6, 2023HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... Cracking Into the Easter Egg's History There are two theories that exist as to how the egg became associated with Easter READ MORE
March 30, 2023HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... The General Store: The Farmer’s One-Stop Shop While not many general stores exist today their memory lives on as a piece of Americana READ MORE
March 9, 2023HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... Chickens, Not the Eggs: Cecile Steele and the founding of America’s broiler industry The beginnings of the broiler industry are attributed to a woman named Cecile Steele who turned a mistake into a thriving industry READ MORE
March 2, 2023HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... Kō: The influence of sugar in Hawaii’s history The sugar industry dominated Hawaii for over 150 years and its effects can still be seen today READ MORE
February 23, 2023HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... “It is simply service that measures success”: The life and legacy of George Washington Carver By the time of his death George Washington Carver had succeeded in his goal of improving the lives of poor, small farmers READ MORE
February 16, 2023HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... 95 Years and Counting: A history of the FFA In honor of National FFA Week happening February 18th-25th, let’s take a look back at some of the history of the FFA READ MORE
February 9, 2023Hansen's Histories ... Falling for a Freeman: The Love Letters of the first Homesteader Daniel Freeman and Agnes Suiter fall in love, one letter at a time READ MORE
January 26, 2023Hansen's Histories ... “I never would have been President”: Theodore Roosevelt’s transformation on a Dakota ranch For three years Roosevelt owned and operated two ranches in the Badlands of what is present-day North Dakota READ MORE