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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. The Whole Dunstan Hybrid Chestnut Tree Story in a ‘Nutshell’ Dr. Robert T Dunstan was a professor of Romance languages, of all things, at North Carolina’s Greensboro College from the late 1920s to the early 1960s. Perhaps more importantly he […]

The Great American Chestnut Tree Who among you eastern US residents can recall grandpa’s stories about the Golden Years of the Great American Chestnut Tree. Only his generation (Born: 1870s to 1940s) are among those who could have witnessed the estimated 4 Billion American chestnut trees that spanned across 300,000 square miles in the eastern

The Creation of Kerogen— Petroleum’s   Source   Kerogen consists of a variety of organic materials, including dead plants, algae, and other microorganisms, that have been compressed and heated by geological processes.   It is defined as hydrocarbons that are insoluble in normal solvents that yield liquid or gaseous petroleum when heated.    In short, kerogen amounts to fossilized organic

  Remote / Radio Control (R-C) Helicopters       Man Toys In 1907 at 24 years old, Frenchman, Paul Cornu designed and built a working, two-rotor model helicopter; it weighed 29 pounds (image above, far left).  If flew for about 20 seconds at an elevation of nearly 12 inches. Enough for Cornu to take his

Chains from Hell! A ‘Real’ Scary Story The following story or event was told by my late father (James Tony Fugate) on numerous occasions when I was just a lad … Each time he told the story; he insisted that it was a true account of events that he experienced as a teenager. He was

Lost Confederate Gold Did You Know there is lost treasure from the American Civil War yet to be recovered?  “Confederate Gold” is often described as the many hidden caches of gold, silver, and precious jewels reportedly lost after or during the American / US Civil War — a four-year quagmire (1861–65) between the United States and 11 Southern

Women Warriors of Amazon! A Legend or Real? In Classical Greek mythology, Amazon was believed to be a nation of only women ruled entirely by the female gender that utilized only highly trained women warriors in battle. Herodotus, who was an ancient Greek historian and  is often called “the father of history”, said they were from

Why-N-Hell is Biden pushing EV Charging Stations? Could it possibly help today’s up-n-coming Entrepreneur? 2012 to 2023 Beyond direct revenue, EV charging stations can help attract new customers, increase the time they spend at your business’s location and unlock cross-selling opportunities. Today’s EV charging stations are about more than just preparing your business for the shift in

 “Summer Snow” Have you ever seen a producing American Chestnut tree?  Probably not, sorry, you only missed them by a few decades. Still, at one time, the American Chestnut Tree filled America’s eastern forests and supported a variety of life forms (human and otherwise).  However, a devastating fungus disease which became known as the “chestnut blight”

Blue People of Kentucky “Jeee…zus loves the little chillll—drennn; all the chill—drennn of the world; red, brown, yellow, black and blue; some say he loves a few white folks too”…  Is that the way you remember that little melody? It’s likely to have been commonplace during your youth.   At any rate, that’s not exactly how it went during