Ellen Stone on the Farmall Model H Tractor
I was fourteen when Ty put me on the H. All winter, I had helped him with chores, cleaning out stalls, setting up the milking, feeding cows hay, silage. … Continue reading
Contributor Cal Freeman on Doop and the Inside Outlaws’
The Corridor Doop and the Inside Outlaws “Back in the summer of ’49, old Everett Belcher was runnin’ shine from the hills of Kentucky to the mills of Great … Continue reading
Congrats to this year’s Best of the Net nominees!
We wish you the best of luck in the selection process! Poetry Heat by Ellen Stone Slickwater and Sand by Ruth Foley Driving in Nebraska … Continue reading
Transportation Celebration — Corie Rosen on Dangerous Driving
Independence Pass Just before you reach Leadville, Colorado, a Victorian town with 11,000 feet of elevation and a population of less than 3,000, you reach a decision point in the … Continue reading
Transportation Celebration — Susanna Lang on Walking
Travelers I walk to walk: the act has its own value, and the words, if they happen to arrive, are in the nature of a gift . . . —Michael … Continue reading
Americana-Themed Podcast Newly Released
In the latest episode of Artifact Chat, a monthly podcast of curated intersections between America’s past and present, museum prose editor, Lindsey Griffin, sat down with Kristine Engel, curator of … Continue reading
Our Reading Series — Coming Soon!
We at the museum of americana are excited to collaborate with a number of our contributors to plan a new series of readings throughout the country. These readings will take place over the … Continue reading
