Samson Tractor and Peerless Steam Traction Engine

The Samson tractors were made in Rockford, IL by General Motors who was trying to copy the success of Fordson by Ford Motor Co. GM lost money on tractor sales, so they raised the price, and sales fell more. GM converted the Rockford plant to make other products by the 1930s.

Peerless was a well made, reliable steam traction engine, but its location in Waynsboro, PA was far from the Great Plains where they were needed. Shipping costs were a problem for the company, but they did continue to make steam tractors into the 1920s long after steam was mostly replaced by smaller, less costly gas or oil tractors.

Main Street

Goodwill Coffee House, Wisconsin

Pines and Store Window

Store Windows

Watching TV; Games and Talking Heads

Keith and his Bike

Appleton, Wisc

Writers Who Use Typewriters

Manitowoc Harbor

Houdini Museum

Late's, Manitowoc, WIsconsin

Moon, Bird, and Joe McCarthy's Grave

Joseph McCarthy was the Junior Senator from the state of Wisconsin in the 1950s who scared millions of people by saying there were members of the Communist Party in the American Government. He stood up in Congress waving a hand full of blank pages saying he had a list of Communist names. This started a witch hunt for Communists in and outside government, lead to the black listing of Hollywood writers and directors, and the loss of jobs and lives for thousands of people. Joe McCarthy lied, and those lies were eventually discovered. He was removed from Congress and died a few years later from alcoholism.

Restored Appleton, WI streetcar

Hudson Main Street

Dogs Love to Hunt

Bear Hunting in Northern WIsconsin

Bear Hunting Dog--Watts

Anchorage and Sailing in Wisconsin

Elly May Goes Hunting