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The article focuses on James Bigheart, chief of Big and Little Osage, his efforts as chief earned him the moniker of "Osage Moses", and just a few years ago, a statue of him was erected just a short distance from the archway in Pawhuska. It mentions Bigheart also proved to be a shrewd businessman, who owned and operated a ranch that reportedly had thousands of horses, and many more cattle than horses. It also mentions Bigheart signed the first blanket oil lease for the tribe.

The article focuses on Hamilton Butler, one of the forgotten founders and legends of Dodge City, Kansas. Topics include Bell is memorialized with a medallion embedded along Dodge City's Trail of Fame, and Bell's more than three-decade tenure as a Dodge City peace officer started in 1874, and that would include 12 years as a deputy U.S. marshal and sheriff in Ford County, Illinois.

The article discusses how New Salem, Illinois has shaped Abraham Lincoln to be the 16th U.S. President. Topics discussed include Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site in Petersburg, Illinois; Lincoln arrival in New Salem in his early 20s from Indiana after leaving his father, and his family ; and Lincoln's electoral failure brought him back to New Salem.

The article focuses on contribution of George Bannerman Dealey in the city of Dallas, Texas and helping establish Southern Methodist University and bringing a Federal Reserve Bank to Dallas during the early 20th century. It mentions Dealey covered one of the biggest fires in Dallas, at least up to the that point and Methodist Conference approved the creation of a university in Dallas. It also mentions Dealey's desire and drive included wooing Postmaster General Albert Burleson.