Meet the entrepreneurial siblings—Patrick, Christine, and Stephen Campbell—who've transformed a century-old home into Keystone Inn, the first-ever Black-owned bed and breakfast in Gettysburg, Pa. Purchased in August 2020, the Campbells lovingly restored this 109-year-old house to preserve its historic charm while integrating modern amenities. #BlackOwnedBusiness #HistoricRenovation #BedandBreakfast #goodnewspage

V12 Caprice In the late eighties, General Motors was unsure about the future of the full-size B-Body platform. Looking ahead, engineers were exploring ways of increasing not only engine power, but smoothness as well. The first production drive-by-wire engine management system had debuted in the V12-powered 1988 BMW 750iL. Interested in this new technology, GM sought to purchase a V12 for research. Problem was, BMW would only sell the engine one way, surrounded by the almost $70,000 German flagship sedan. So, GM bought a new 7-Series and took what they needed. So here is the only V12 Caprice ever built by Chevrolet. Drive-by-wire technology saw production from General Motors in the 1997 Chevrolet Corvette.

Rapper Nelly's Deserted 11,000 sq.ft. Mansion in Missouri, Left to Decay for 20 Years 🤯😳. Purchased in 2002, Nelly intended to refurbish this mansion as a gift for his sister Jackie, planning major renovations including a kitchen overhaul, complete bathroom remodels, new flooring, and a revitalized pool area. However, various complications halted the project, leaving the estate abandoned and deteriorating since then. Acquired by a new owner in 2021, the property remains neglected, suffering further damage from trespassers and vandals influenced by TikTok fame. Located in Wildwood, a suburb of St. Louis, the mansion offers scenic views of the Meramec River valley and features a grand Tuscan-style architecture with individual balconies for multiple rooms, a private basketball court, a three-car garage, and ample recreational space.

Subject: A little Louisiana history lesson . . . If Hurricane Katrina causing the levees to break in New Orleans is the only thing you know about Louisiana , here are a few more interesting facts about the Bayou State: * Louisiana has the tallest state capitol building in the nation at 450 feet. * The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans was the largest enclosed stadium in the world when it was built and for two decades thereafter. * The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is the longest over-water bridge in the world at 23.87 miles. * Louisiana 's 6.5 million acres of wetlands are the greatest wetland area in America. * The oldest city in the Louisiana Purchase Territory is Natchitoches, Louisiana founded in 1714. * The first bottler of Coca-Cola, Joseph Biedenharn, lived in Monroe, Louisiana (he first bottled Coke across the river in Vicksburg, MS), and was eventually one of the founders of Delta Air Lines, initially called Delta Air Service. * Delta Airlines got its start in Monroe, Louisiana when County Agent, C.E. Woolman, decided to try dusting the Boll weevil that was destroying the cotton crops in the Mississippi River Delta from an airplane. The airline began as the crop dusting operation called Huff Daland Dusters, Incorporated. That company was founded on May 30, 1924, in Macon, Georgia, and moved to Monroe, Louisiana, in 1925. They flew a Huff-Daland Duster, the first true crop duster, designed to combat the boll weevil infestation of those cotton crops in the delta. * Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana was the largest historically black university in America between 1970 and 1990. * Baton Rouge was the site of an American Revolutionary related battle outside of the original 13 colonies, in which Spanish forces defeated British forces. * The formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase was made at the Cabildo building in New Orleans on December 20, 1803. * The staircase at Chrétien Point, in Sunset, Louisiana was copied for Tara in "Gone with the Wind." * Louisiana is the No. 1 producer of crawfish, alligators and shallots in America. * Louisiana produces 24 percent of the nation's salt, the most in America. * Much of the world's food, coffee, and oil pass through the Port of New Orleans. * Tabasco, a Louisiana product, holds the second oldest food trademark in the U.S. Patent Office. * Steen's Syrup Mill in Abbeville, Louisiana is the world's largest syrup plant producing sugar cane syrup. * America's oldest rice mill is in New Iberia, Louisiana at KONRIKO Co. * The International Joke Telling Contest is held annually in Opelousas, Louisiana. * LSU (The Ole War Skule) in Baton Rouge has the distinction of contributing the most officers to WW II after the U.S. military academies. * The Louisiana Hayride radio show helped Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash achieve stardom. It was broadcast from KWKH Radio in Shreveport Louisiana from 1948 to 1960. * The term Uncle Sam was coined on the wharfs of New Orleans before Louisiana was a U.S. territory as goods labeled U.S. were from "Uncle Sam." * The American version of the game of craps was brought first to New Orleans in 1813 as betting was a common activity on the wharves. It was a derivative of the European version and was begun there by Bernard Xavier Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville, a wealthy gambler and politician descended from colonial Louisiana landowners. * When states had their own currency, the Louisiana Dix (French for ten) was a favored currency for trade. English speakers called them Dixies and coined the term Dixieland. * New Orleans is the home of the very first pharmacy in America at 514 Chartres Street in the French Quarter. These early medical mixtures became known as cocktails (guess they were good for what ails ya?), coining yet another term. This bit of history is due to Louis Joseph Dufilho, Jr. of New Orleans, who became America’s first licensed pharmacist and opened the shop in 1823 that is now home to the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum. * New Orleans is the birthplace of Jazz, the only true American art form. Jazz gave birth to the Blues and Rock and Roll music. #Louisiana

You might have heard of Black Wall Street. Meet the founder, O.W. Gurley. In 1905 Gurley and his wife sold their property in Noble County and moved 80 miles to the oil boom town of Tulsa. Gurley purchased 40 acres of land in North Tulsa and established his first business, a rooming house on a dusty road that would become Greenwood Avenue. He subdivided his plot into residential and commercial lots and eventually opened a grocery store. As the community grew around him, Gurley prospered. Between 1910 and 1920, the Black population in the area he had purchased grew from 2,000 to nearly 9,000 in a city with a total population of 72,000. The Black community had a large working-class population as well as doctors, lawyers, and other professionals who provided services to them. Soon the Greenwood section was dubbed “Negro Wall Street” by Tuskegee educator Booker T. Washington. Greenwood, now called Black Wall Street, was nearly self-sufficient with Black-owned businesses, many initially financed by Gurley, ranging from brickyards and theaters to a chartered airplane company. Gurley built the Gurley Hotel at 112 N. Greenwood and rented out spaces to smaller businesses. His other properties included a two-story building at 119 N. Greenwood, which housed the Masonic Lodge and a Black employment agency. He was also one of the founders of Vernon AME Church. #BlackHistory #History