Bob Ford

If you love history, we are seeking sponsors to support the work. Contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com for details.  Everybody has a bad day at the office once in a while, but if your job involves decisions that determine thousands of lives and you falter, history will make you infamous.  Most bad decisions in war are

If you enjoy history and these articles, we are seeking sponsors and contributors to support the work. Contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com and/or donate via Venmo @bobfordshistory  Music has the power to start a revolution, or even calm a baby.  The drumbeat of native culture is as important to them as Bach and Beethoven is to

If you like history and these articles, we are seeking sponsors and contributors to support the work. Contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com and/or donate via Venmo @Bobfordshistory. As thousands of Union soldiers lay wounded, freezing or dead on Marye’s Heights, General Ambrose Burnside made his first wise decision of the battle. On Dec. 14, 1862, one

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Generally speaking, Abraham Lincoln had a big problem during the Civil War … many of his top generals didn’t get along. Between some of them it was so contemptuous they sabotaged each other’s strategies and actions, costing soldiers lives.  Fact is, to become a general you had to be

This article is written for News-Press NOW, The St Joseph Convention and Visitor’s Bureau and Missouri’s Highway 36 Heritage Alliance. From path to trail to railroad and now the “Genius” Highway 36, this famed coast-to-coast route through Northern Missouri has the All-American story, not just about the towns and the nation it connected, but the