The Silent Screams of a Nation: Walking the Ground My Great-Grandfather Fought For

The Silent Screams of a Nation: Walking the Ground My Great-Grandfather Fought For As I traveled through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia, and Florida on the final leg of The Great American Heartland Tour—a six-and-a-half-month journey that carried us through 22 states—I found myself walking the same ground my great-grandfather once marched. John Newton Prentice served as an infantryman with Company … Read More

Moses Higgins: A Face from Home

Moses Higgins: A Face from Home In the middle of the Civil War, far from Illinois, my great-grandfather John Newton Prentice recorded a small but meaningful moment in his 1862 diary. On July 19, while camped in Mississippi with the 57th Illinois Infantry, he wrote: “Discovered Moses Higgins to be in our Regiment for the first time.” Moses G. Higgins … Read More

Stepping Back in Time at the Battle of Camp Wildcat Reenactment

Stepping Back in Time at the Battle of Camp Wildcat Reenactment We pulled into the Battle of Camp Wildcat reenactment site near Hazel Patch, just outside London, Kentucky, about an hour before the main battle was set to start. The plan was simple: walk the camps first, see how the reenactors lived the day, then watch the fight. What we … Read More

Kentucky – Bourbon Kisses

Continuing down the road on The Great American Heartland Tour. We rolled into Mackville, Kentucky and settled in at Eddie and Cheryl Young’s place, Andrea’s aunt and uncle’s farm. The pond sits right there with ducks and geese working the water, donkeys and cattle on the grass, and the kind of quiet that makes you notice how close the rest … Read More

Alpha Gal Treatment

Greetings, readers. Two days ago I told you I had an appointment with Dr. Malisha Craney, N.D., of Clear Pathways to Health in Martinsville, Indiana, for Alpha-Gal Syndrome. Today that appointment happened. This is the first treatment update. I still live without red meat and dairy. That part has not changed in one afternoon, and I am not going to … Read More

Cure For Alpha Gal Syndrome

Update: First MAP auriculotherapy treatment — Alpha Gal Treatment. Greetings, readers. I’m back on a subject that has changed daily life on the road: Alpha-Gal Syndrome.Many of you already know I was bitten by several Lone Star ticks after leaving Florida. Within a couple of weeks I became severely ill after eating red meat and dairy. Since then I’ve lived … Read More

I’m A Cowboy: Songs Along the 6,000-Mile Great American Heartland Tour

I’m A Cowboy: Songs Along the 6,000-Mile Great American Heartland Tour By Scott L. PrenticeThere’s nothing quite like the open road to remind you how big this country is — and how small we are in the grand scheme of it all. Over the past few months, I’ve put more than 6,000 miles under the wheels of my Entegra Ethos … Read More

Great American Heartland Tour – Update July 2026

Our current Mileage Log and Stops: April 2026 Start Odo: 4168 1-6       Mike and Annie’s 7-11     Oscar Scherer State Park 12       John and Theresa girls 13-17   Myakka State Park 18        Inlets (John Young) Surgery 19-21  Tommy’s (Eustis – Mt. Dora) 22-23   Alexander Springs Ocala State Park 24-25 … Read More

Tina Peters and Lara Logan: Unbowed Warriors for Truth and Freedom

Tina Peters and Lara Logan: Unbowed Warriors for Truth and Freedom In an era where standing for integrity can cost everything, Tina Peters embodies extraordinary bravery and unwavering loyalty to the truth. As the former Mesa County Clerk in Colorado and a Gold Star mother who lost her Navy SEAL son, Tina faced relentless persecution for simply doing her duty: … Read More

Keepsake from the Prairie: The Little Book That Found Me

A Keepsake from the Prairie: The Little Book That Found Me and I Produced It Into A Song Many years ago, as a young boy roaming the prairies with my mother, I learned to love the stories hidden in forgotten places. She’d take me antique hunting across the windswept landscapes of Wyoming and later South Dakota—places where time seemed to … Read More