Category: Pioneer

Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)

Biography of songwriter and Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern (Robert Walker). Unable to find immediate success in the United States, Kern sought recognition abroad. He journeyed to England where his dreams of success became real and where he met his future wife Eva Leale (Dorothy Patrick). Credit: Public Domain Movies – BUY Jan 6 DVD: www.epochtv.shop/product-page/dvd-the-real-story-of-january-6,…


Did You Know the Vice Mayor of Mesa, Arizona is a Pioneering Female Pro-Bass Angler?

She’s been breaking barriers all of her life. First in fishing, where Jenn Duff was often the only female in a tournament, then as the owner of Jef International, Inc., an import and export trading business specializing in sport fishing tackle, and now, as the Vice Mayor of Mesa, Arizona (when she was elected to…


Contractors Find Pioneer-Era 1800s Log Homestead Under Exterior of Modern Utah Home

An original hand-hewn homestead from the pioneer era was uncovered when demolition contractors pealed back the exterior of what was thought to be a modern bungalow in Orem, Utah. The antique log house—featuring updates from the early- to mid-1900s—was last owned by the Shamadas, of Japanese decent, who once ran a fruit stand on the…