The Mississippi River, which runs through the stories and novels of Mark Twain, connects the American Heartland. Like the mighty Mississippi, Hillsdale’s newest online course on the work of Mark Twain connects members of the Hillsdale community from around the nation to Hillsdale College. “Twain is such a recognizable figure,” said Assistant Professor of English...
Only three houses designed by the famous 19th-century architect George Barber exist in Gaylord, Michigan. Two married Hillsdale alumni live in one of them. Jerry and Margaret Albert now live in a 121-year-old historic house that is located less than 4 hours from Hillsdale. Their home became a Michigan State Historic Site in 1993 and...
When the RVs filled with families roll in Friday night and Saturday morning for a home game, the football players know it means one thing: Mom’s food. Well, and family, too. The post-game comfort-food buffet last Saturday punctuated the final tailgate of the season. Like every other home-game tailgate this season, slow cookers and Tupperware...
Jane Stewart picked her first flower when she was three, and she never stopped. Her parents tended a massive garden, and she grew up hauling water from the lake for the plants, planting rows of crops, canning produce, and checking off the long list of chores that kept them fed. Every once in awhile, her...
At the age of 18, Gary Wolfram found himself alongside his foreman and a handful of California Department of Corrections inmates on work release, caught in the middle of the Burrows Valley wildfire, as manzanita bushes exploded around him. “Your shirt could catch on fire, so we had to line up, and when the guy’s...