https://www.starhitchers.com/stories daily 0.75 2026-10-08 https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/from-emden-to-emden monthly 0.5 2026-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/181cbd2c-6e2b-4738-b79c-7f587d6579c7/Nate+Evan+3.jpg Stories - Story 25: From Emden to Emden - Make it stand out Evan Rohlfs (left) and his father Nathan pitching in at the annual Emden (Illinois) Homecoming. Nathan and his father Leslie, and Leslie’s brother Mike, operate Rohlfs Implement Company, providing and servicing farm equipment in Logan County. Evan grew up in Emden and is now a software engineer in St. Louis. Leslie’s great-grandfather Gerhardt Rohlfs and great-grandmother Anna Aper Rohlfs both had roots in East Frisia. Gerhardt was born in Esens, and Anna was born in Illinois soon after her parents arrived here from Aurich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/4e690980-5e7d-4efe-a98b-64c054334b81/EastFrisiaMap.png Stories - Story 25: From Emden to Emden - Make it stand out Emden lies in East Frisia on the German side of the Ems estuary. Across the Ems to the west lies the Netherlands. Frisia extends along the North Sea coast through both countries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/aef13f65-772a-45f3-99d5-2edea6f351ff/IllinoisMap.png Stories - Story 25: From Emden to Emden - Make it stand out Map of central Illinois. For reference, the distance from Peoria to Bloomington is 40 miles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/71917485-1de3-44f0-a4ff-d6abcbd597a4/MIkeLesTractor.JPG Stories - Story 25: From Emden to Emden - Make it stand out Mike Rohlfs (left) and Leslie Rohlfs, with brother Tom (retired), took over the implement business from their father, Alvin Rohlfs. They operate stores in Hartsburg and Greenview. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/story-24-home-on-the-range monthly 0.5 2026-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/90f299b7-76e1-4a37-abe3-b0cffa6af309/abandoned_kansas_ghost_town_33sgm.jpg Stories - Story 24: Home on the Range - Make it stand out Pardee, Kansas Ghost Town. From Kansas Ghost Towns by Jason Smith. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/a-letter-from-a-virginia-jail monthly 0.5 2026-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/3290cb7f-d16b-430a-ac5c-72f08eec4a73/RichardMalindaTOUSE.png Stories - Story 23: A Letter from a Virginia Jail - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/800f56e1-95b6-490b-a56f-02c92cc49ec8/FiveTowns1850s.png Stories - Story 23: A Letter from a Virginia Jail - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/story-22-york-and-william-clark monthly 0.5 2026-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/bbb11567-70c9-43d3-8900-5d5ae22782c6/YorkClark.png Stories - Story 22: York and William Clark - Make it stand out York and William Clark, Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/the-wild-man-and-the-crockers monthly 0.5 2026-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/495bb204-02bb-45c0-bc7a-680e8be0a546/circuitrider.jpg Stories - Story 21: The Wild Man and the Crockers - Make it stand out Image of a Methodist circuit rider in the nineteenth century. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/somewhere-in-missouri monthly 0.5 2026-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/3be4c194-3803-4ef6-a1ba-9e370f79c4d4/John_Mary_Redding_sharpenedcropped.png Stories - Story 20: Somewhere in Missouri - Make it stand out John B. and Mary Ann Gilliland Redding, about 1870 in Unionville, Missouri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/797cba2a-c7bd-4a0b-bade-9701df5afa9b/AReddingFam_sharpened.png Stories - Story 20: Somewhere in Missouri - Make it stand out My grandfather, Chancey Francis Redding, center in front row between brothers Earl and Loyd. Back row: Chancey’s sister Stella, father Alfred, mother Almedia, and sister Elsie, about 1910 in Olathe, Kansas. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/story-25-the-people-behind-the-name-essay monthly 0.5 2026-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/315b8ef1-bdb2-461c-8b45-6e21d07b6a80/path+in+woods.png Stories - Story 19: The People Behind the Name - Make it stand out Their journey west was arduous. They traveled by wagon and steamboat to the area where the Missouri and Kansas rivers meet. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/the-songs-that-take-us-back monthly 0.5 2026-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/d1c982e3-ccde-47aa-a453-1474144cbeef/Newspaper+photo.png Stories - Story 18: The Songs That Take Us Back - Make it stand out Author: After stopping for a break while on an operation, I was photographed by an Army photographer for the Division Newspaper. I was reading and sharing a copy of the last edition with some local kids. The photo is unattributed because the Army would never personally identify any soldier or Unit. (David Golwitzer, Vietnam 1968-1969, Infantryman, Sergeant E5, Company B, 6th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 9Th Infantry Division) https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/story-23-in-common monthly 0.5 2026-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/820af533-7440-40d5-badd-d744a6cc556f/Chillicothe.png Stories - Story 17: In Common - Make it stand out Wherever you go, people are people. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/story-22-cycling-to-freedom monthly 0.5 2026-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/e8ea7d46-2e52-4576-ad03-3f826baac7b0/CatherineBike.PNG Stories - Story 16: Cycling to Freedom - Make it stand out Home from Mac’s Restaurant in time for a bocce ball match in the backyard. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/sawney-brown-cherokee-or-not monthly 0.5 2026-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/91417aff-6a09-466f-84f0-18b9ab7e2c06/ImageFamiliesWest.png Stories - Story 15: Sawney Brown: Cherokee or Not? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/ranger-and-me monthly 0.5 2026-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/6c0c1c5d-e144-42a6-afec-bb76b3305202/DaveRangerPhoto.png Stories - Story 14: Ranger and Me - Make it stand out Ranger and me, and my dad’s ’54 Chevy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/b4adf61a-fd1e-4ea1-9601-98335c7498ad/Ken+Hawkinson.png Stories - Story 14: Ranger and Me - Make it stand out My dad, Ken Hawkinson, Chicago meat vendor with his brother Roy. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/story-20-weekends-in-another-time-essay monthly 0.5 2026-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/58c9785c-21f0-4bc4-87ca-ed8eb292d3a9/Harry+and+Bob.png Stories - Story 13: Weekends in Another Time - Make it stand out Harry (left) and Bob Skinner, brothers and friends, on the farm near Sibley, Illinois, 1920s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/e6b46f57-12b7-4f0e-8b57-86016d85c757/BobSkinnerabt1943.png Stories - Story 13: Weekends in Another Time - Make it stand out My dad, Bob Skinner, one of the veterans who started a family in Elmhurst, the Chicago suburb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/8b069580-75c5-4709-8d04-395f15a22cd2/SkinnerFamily.png Stories - Story 13: Weekends in Another Time - Make it stand out The Skinner family: Bob, Dale (Budge), Merle, Grandpa Robert, Grandma Emma, Luella, Eileen, Harry https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/story-18-the-town-i-never-knew monthly 0.5 2026-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/4917d1ce-650f-4935-a43b-1b8189cb5796/watertowers.png Stories - Story 12: The Town I Never Knew - Make it stand out Canton, Kansas, today: My thoughts about Canton have run hot and cold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/9335fad2-798a-41d8-aed8-5405637057d0/Reddings+Lawrence.jpg Stories - Story 12: The Town I Never Knew - Make it stand out 1954 in Lawrence, not long before we decided to leave Kansas. Me (Sam), Rodney, Dad (Roy Lee), Kent, and Mom (Margie Jean) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/148553f9-32a5-4de6-9e9e-2069af087196/SamPeteShop.png Stories - Story 12: The Town I Never Knew - Make it stand out Sam Allen (left) and Pete Jost in the early 1930s in Hillsboro or Canton shop. Sam was in his 60s. Pete was born on a farm near Hillsboro in 1894, homesteaded in Canada, and returned home to buy a blacksmith shop in 1919. The Jost family operates the Jost Welding, Inc. in Hillsboro yet today. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/story-17-a-day-for-counting-and-catching-up monthly 0.5 2026-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/b129394e-f1bf-4f94-aba8-05d12f99e21c/1c62f191-ef3a-4700-9ceb-00222aa8cad4.jpg Stories - Story 11: A Day for Counting and Catching Up - Make it stand out Fourth of July parade in Towanda, Illinois https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/779ddfe4-fc86-4132-9ca2-0b888ff466e6/RoyMarge.jpg Stories - Story 11: A Day for Counting and Catching Up - Make it stand out Roy Lee and Margie Jean Redding, my dad and mom, honeymooners forever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/5ba90e06-30e0-49ff-89ae-556fff54024a/68636283-848c-48f4-b276-94dd7d76bf12.jpg Stories - Story 11: A Day for Counting and Catching Up - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/be495ea8-e6e8-48ca-9c41-c54ce3e599e4/Parade.jpg Stories - Story 11: A Day for Counting and Catching Up - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/8079d5df-bcfb-4334-9f17-130e4ec1fbe8/IMG_1318.JPG Stories - Story 11: A Day for Counting and Catching Up - Make it stand out Nick Redding, Rodney Redding, Alfred Redding, and in front Roy Lee Redding, 2024. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/a-bowl-of-chili-at-the-merna-tap monthly 0.5 2026-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/37e81298-340b-4f3b-adf0-f37af3502528/MernaImage.png Stories - Story 10: A Bowl of Chili at the Merna Tap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/28c83fe5-41ea-4ee9-83b5-0268ffd60524/McLeanCountyMerna.png Stories - Story 10: A Bowl of Chili at the Merna Tap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/story-15-the-midwife-in-the-records monthly 0.5 2026-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/74258c12-563c-4b07-bc47-e5c8b3177633/CVSB+Image.jpeg Stories - Story 09: The Midwife in the Records - Make it stand out [This image is a representation of nurses like Caroline V. Smith Dobbins.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/9b6629ca-4719-4a1c-9fdb-f3434951f0d9/BirthCert.jpg Stories - Story 09: The Midwife in the Records - Make it stand out Figure 1. Birth certificate of Maurice Benton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/8fac88f8-d8c7-40f3-9475-2fe0200e62fe/CVSDobit.png Stories - Story 09: The Midwife in the Records - Make it stand out Figure 2. Obituary notice from the Rockingham Post-Dispatch, May 29, 1924. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/caroline-vergie-smith-dobbins-hamlet-nc-midwife monthly 0.5 2026-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/248a693a-0c34-4f7f-8f88-39069cc79c28/CVSB+Image.jpeg Stories - Article 06: Caroline Vergie Smith Dobbins, Midwife - Make it stand out [This image is a representation of nurses like Caroline V. Smith Dobbins.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/842b67dd-28ee-49e0-8bbc-532da4104589/Census1.jpg Stories - Article 06: Caroline Vergie Smith Dobbins, Midwife - Make it stand out [1] "United States, Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML38-ZS8 : Sun Jul 14 13:55:24 UTC 2024), Entry for James M Dobbins and Caroline Dobbins, 1910. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/22115b4b-2e91-4d6b-bdfb-b05b9a04b11e/Censu2.jpg Stories - Article 06: Caroline Vergie Smith Dobbins, Midwife - Make it stand out [1] "United States, Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZVQ-HZ9 : Mon Jan 13 12:34:32 UTC 2025), Entry for Karline Dobbins and Hattie Dobbins, 1920. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/c7690265-2c4e-4a63-a808-f480d8afd44c/BirthCert.jpg Stories - Article 06: Caroline Vergie Smith Dobbins, Midwife - Make it stand out Figure 1 Maurice Benton birth certificate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/11adfdc6-5006-4dd7-b4bd-6655db4096f5/CVSDobit.png Stories - Article 06: Caroline Vergie Smith Dobbins, Midwife - Make it stand out Figure 2. Obituary notice from the Rockingham Post-Dispatch, May 29, 1924. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/why-was-he-lonesome monthly 0.5 2026-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/1780767194500-7H54I0DH7U3SEQS3KEQM/CharleyReynolds2.jpg Stories - Story 08: Why Was He Lonesome? - Make it stand out Charles Alexander Reynolds, 1842-1876 https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/why-danvers-essay monthly 0.5 2026-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/6089f0c2-3f41-421a-85d3-e9a0926cfec1/DanversPO.JPG Stories - Story 07: Why Danvers? - Make it stand out Danvers, Illinois, 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/85d254f7-6f61-44c9-84c1-8fba9433e559/McLeanCounty.png Stories - Story 07: Why Danvers? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/a-quaker-englishman-in-america-essay monthly 0.5 2026-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/4e4995f7-bc81-4299-a638-5ca64710ec9a/SharpenedImage.png Stories - Story 06: A Quaker Englishman in America - Make it stand out Christopher Allen, about 1870 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/09e44ac2-ebaf-43d4-9020-0ce978040714/MillPic.jpg Stories - Story 06: A Quaker Englishman in America - Make it stand out Albion Mill in Winona, Ohio, owned by Christopher Allen in 1850s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/31897706-db29-4d64-b5e5-e6e2bfadb866/WinonaSchool.jpg Stories - Story 06: A Quaker Englishman in America - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/tracks-and-lanes monthly 0.5 2026-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/9a56a6ee-83dd-4672-a1b8-5c15c73675d4/MainStreetacross.jpg Stories - Story 05: Tracks and Lanes - Make it stand out Main Street today, with tracks running along it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/92e698bf-d990-463c-aaf4-200d31bc4501/HighwayToTown.jpg Stories - Story 05: Tracks and Lanes - Make it stand out Exit to Towanda from Interstate 55, Normal and Illinois State University in distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/e011d843-3919-4996-91cc-1e0bfd237161/Jeff+Collins.jpeg Stories - Story 05: Tracks and Lanes - Make it stand out Jeff Collins, Towanda native, historian, and creator of When We Were Hornets site on Facebook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/08b8e8ad-e24f-4ace-a953-82c5700c6901/DonWilliamsMayor3.jpg Stories - Story 05: Tracks and Lanes - Make it stand out Don Williams, Towanda mayor with a vision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/c8581974-e677-4731-a884-245eb4e2c9d8/Duncan3.JPG Stories - Story 05: Tracks and Lanes - Make it stand out Dave and Randi Howell, preserving the past and serving the community. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/story-09-everybody-knows-her-name monthly 0.5 2026-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/1778709300942-JRAO2GHCMJMZBEQYC4HX/StatueCut.jpg Stories - Story 04: Everybody Knows Her Name - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/5ec1f2c9-7f86-486b-9717-7a8bde14edc5/DSC00240.JPG Stories - Story 04: Everybody Knows Her Name - Make it stand out Bernadette and me, Nez Perce reservation, Idaho, 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/b8ed9710-dafe-46bc-801c-1df852e11fe6/DSC00232.JPG Stories - Story 04: Everybody Knows Her Name - Make it stand out Emmit and Jackie Taylor, Bernadette’s aunt and uncle, our hosts in Lapwai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/a0136d79-6ad8-4d3d-82cd-6257b2ad51d0/DSC00261.JPG Stories - Story 04: Everybody Knows Her Name - Make it stand out The Nez Perce tribal herd in 2008. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/diamonds-in-the-rough-essay monthly 0.5 2026-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/1775313219355-YEE8CL6VR9QNUV7ZZ7MD/RoughCoverPhoto.png Stories - Story 03: Diamonds in the Rough - Make it stand out Picture: Jeff Collins hitting, brother Jim catching https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/rbk015qcgjnk2y8q8ydlu855j1d6lw monthly 0.5 2026-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/1778680251450-DTPGUKIDJ2VWJZB6AYVQ/SaludaKeylonLoydGranade.jpeg Stories - Story 02: Desperately Seeking Susan - Make it stand out Saluda Keylon Loyd Granade, sister of Susan Green Loyd Granade https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/2zcw76hi3mcre1srcgj1kivwjibh2g monthly 0.5 2026-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/1778516999976-C39G5G3UA1FGRK670SAQ/TJgillihanMAYBE.jpeg Stories - Story 01: Endurance - Make it stand out Thomas Jefferson Gillihan, about 1860. https://www.starhitchers.com/stories/episode-02-two-in-one-day-5yeas monthly 0.5 2026-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68dbf1e0bbc77c2e0583ced8/1775313219355-YEE8CL6VR9QNUV7ZZ7MD/RoughCoverPhoto.png Stories - Article 05: Diamonds in the Rough - 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