Affirmation for Success:

The tide of Destiny has turned and everything comes my way.

Beautiful bird’s eye view of Terryville, Connecticut from 1894

This old map shows Terryville, Connecticut in the late 19th century.

Beautiful bird’s eye view of Essex, Connecticut in 1881

This old map shows a bird’s eye view of Essex, Connecticut in the late 19th century.

How a 14th Century Warlord Gained Courage from an Ant

Timur, the last great nomadic conqueror of the Eurasian Steppe, was a warlord who envisioned the restoration of Genghis Khan’s Mongol Empire. Timur’s army was feared throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe, but his extraordinary perseverance, displayed during fifty years of continuous battles, was imparted by an ant.

Beautifully restored map of Iowa City, Iowa from 1854

It has a high, beautiful and very healthy location upon the Iowa River, which is a bold deep stream of clear water, navigable with Steamboats during several months of each year, and commands the growing trade of a large scope of exceedingly fertile country, well timbered and watered.