Mixed Series 1 | Good Stories

1. What was so valuable 1000 years ago that led cacao traders from Central America

to trade with Native Americans in the Four Corners Region (AZ, UT, CO, NM).

2a He painted the Masters in the Louvre, but failed to sell his painting in America,

thus having to turn to Plan B; his invention changed communication. .

2b His picture hangs in the office of many U.S. Supreme Court justices for

being vindicated many years laters

3 The surprising connection between a U.S. President, his son, and a Railroad Baron

4a This new railroad would put its future on the line when it accepted a dare to race a

horse.

4b No one realized or predicted that this new invention could some day shrink the nation.

5 A Frenchmen and an Englishmen fight over a women ended up changing the town’s

name

6a Louise's father told George, an immigrant, he wasn't good enough for his daughter.

George set out to prove him wrong. Along the way, Louise created a famous salad

dressing.

6b Knowing there was no agency to deal this little girls plight; she contacted the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for help

7 This leading doctor blamed beautiful, sophisticated women for stress along with other factors

that led to ‘Americanitis’.