How Things Started
An in depth look at how everyday things got their start.

Archive for September, 2008

Firemen

September 24, 2008

Consciously running into a fire to try and put it out isn’t something that most people consider a fun activity, much less a job. 
Thank God for Davy Crockett. Mr. Crockett, American patriot, pioneer, and coonskin cap wearer was the first fireman. It all went down on that fateful day when Mr. Crockett was three years [...]

The Business Card

September 9, 2008

The practice of placing such inane data as your name, phone number, and official title on a small piece of paper to give to others in a ritualistic ceremony known as networking began in the 1700’s.
It was late afternoon, and Eli “The Cotton Gin” Whitney was hard at work inventing. For Whitney, working was the [...]