Places

Howdy says, "have good outdoor manners." He first appeared in 1959 in public service advertisements in Pennsylvania. His primary mission was to encourage folks not to litter, prevent forest fires, and otherwise treat the land well.

Burger Chef was a fast-food hamburger chain that started in Indianapolis in 1958. At its peak in the mid 1970s, it was second only to McDonald's in the number of nationwide locations. The chain even made inroads into Canada. In 1982, the chain was...

Roselyn Bakery??was a bakery chain founded in 1943 that distributed products from a central baking??Indianapolis.??The chain consisted of approximately 40 locations in and around central??Indiana and??was known for popular treats such as Sweetheart Coffee Cake, Zebra Square Brownies, and Blackout Cake.

Family Video was in founded in 1978 in Springfield, Illinois as the Video Movie Club. The idea came about when??Midstates Appliance and Supply Company, owned by Charles Hoogland, found itself stuck with an excess of video movies as a result of being a distributor...

Family Video was in founded in 1978 in Springfield, Illinois as the Video Movie Club. The idea came about when??Midstates Appliance and Supply Company, owned by Charles Hoogland, found itself stuck with an excess of video movies as a result of being a distributor...

Family Video was in founded in 1978 in Springfield, Illinois as the Video Movie Club. The idea came about when??Midstates Appliance and Supply Company, owned by Charles Hoogland, found itself stuck with an excess of video movies as a result of being a distributor...

Family Video was in founded in 1978 in Springfield, Illinois as the Video Movie Club. The idea came about when??Midstates Appliance and Supply Company, owned by Charles Hoogland, found itself stuck with an excess of video movies as a result of being a distributor...

Myrtle Beach was settled in the late 18th century and originally called New Town. Around 1900, it was renamed Myrtle Beach. It has since grown to become one of America's favorite vacation destinations as well as one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in...

Water Boggan opened in Myrtle Beach in 1976 on Ocean Boulevard. It was a top attraction for years.

The Purple Gator was a concert venue located in the Magnolia Shopping Center off of Kings Highway near Restaurant Row in Myrtle Beach. It operated from 1987 to 1995 and welcomed many of the country's top musical acts.

Located four miles south of Myrtle Beach on Old Highway 17. Magic Harbor was established in the early 1954 as a Pirate Land. In the 1960s it was re-themed as a Wild West amusement park. It was later bought by the company that owned...

The Aloha Motel was located at????7307 N Ocean Blvd.??in??Myrtle Beach. It welcomed generations of vacationers until it closed in the early 2000s. The site is now occupied by a condo complex.

Woodsy Owl first appeared in 1971 and asked Americans to take better care of the environment by disposing of trash properly.??An updated version of Woodsy was developed in the 1990s.

Woodsy Owl first appeared in 1971 and asked Americans to take better care of the environment by disposing of trash properly. An updated version of Woodsy was developed in the 1990s.

Woodsy Owl first appeared in 1971 and asked Americans to take better care of the environment by disposing of trash properly. An??updated version??of Woodsy was developed in the 1990s.

Arlington Stadium??was the first home of baseball's Rangers after the moved from Washington, D.C. in 1972. In 1993, the team moved into the Ballpark in Arlington.

The Ballpark in Arlington opened in 1994 as the new home of baseball's Rangers, who formerly played in Arlington Stadium. The team played there until 2020 when it moved into a new facility next door. Today, the reconfigured stadium is home to soccer, football,...

Sam Boyd Stadium was completed on October 23, 1971, and was originally known as??Las Vegas Stadium.??The name was changed to the??Las Vegas Silver Bowl??in 1978. In 1984, it was renamed the??Sam Boyd Silver Bowl in honor of Sam??Boyd,??a major figure in the hotel and??casino??industry...

Noah's Ark was a restaurant on the banks of the Missouri River in St. Charles, Missouri.??Opening in the late ???60s, this restaurant became a hot spot almost overnight. Most patrons have fond memories of their famous clam chowder.

GrandPa Pidgeon's, also known as simply GrandPa's, was founded in 1954 by Tom and Mildred Pidgeon.??Over the next decade, several more GrandPa Pidgeon's stores opened in the St. Louis metropolitan area. At its peak in the early 1990s, the chain had a total of...