July 21, 2022Hansen's Histories ... Planting Profits: How tobacco saved the Jamestown colony Tobacco would remain the most lucrative agricultural crop for the U.S. throughout the Colonial period and into the early part of the nation’s history READ MORE
June 16, 2022Hansen's Histories ... The Milk Man Milk delivery services were an important part of the dairy industry for over a century READ MORE
June 9, 2022HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... Courting, Cussing Mules, and Common Sense: Harry S. Truman's farm years From 1906 to 1917 our nation's 33rd president worked on, and part-owned a farm in Grandview, Missouri READ MORE
June 3, 2022HANSEN'S HISTORIES ... The Homestead Act: 160 years later The Homestead Act opened up millions of acres of government-owned land to private citizens READ MORE