APRIL 2024 MAGAZINE

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never break me.” This old English adage dating back to the 1800’s is naïve, very naïve. 

Traveling two hours south of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the speed limit is 80 and it doesn’t feel right unless you’re cruising at 90 mph. Occasionally, traffic slows to let a herd of antelope safely cross the road. Going South on US 191 through rural Wyoming, a makeshift road sign Café gets attention because there isn’t anything else out here. The Café billboard points the way to a long white trailer-style building named Country Burgers.

Some entrepreneurs who came from modest beginnings had the vision and drive to build an empire with the same force and determination as Genghis Khan. Nearly 800 years after his death, scientists from the Russian Academy of Sciences believe Genghis Khan spawned the 16 million male descendants who carry his DNA, which means during his lifetime he must have fathered thousands of children.