The bullet holes still scar the inside and outside of this home–a place that was a hospital during a skirmish known as The Battle of the Hemp Bales…..
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This President was born in Texas, but always claimed Kansas as his home…..
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Thousands of boxcars crisscross the country each day with a variety of cargo. But these boxcars were truly special, because of the cargo they hauled during the world war and because of the cargo that was inside when they were sent back to the U.S….
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The term 40 & 8 doesn’t mean much to most Americans–unless you happened to serve in France during one of the World Wars. But the 40 & 8 still has much meaning today and the story is important to all…
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To say Joe Newell restores pool tables is like saying Michelangelo was just a painter. The work Joe does is a masterpiece itself, taking them to points across the country and bringing hundred-year old tables back to life…
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In the middle of farm country, you can find one of the nation’s experts on this game, not to mention he’s an expert craftsman that helps people enjoy the past time so many people love…
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This island has some of the best views of San Francisco Bay and the city itself, yet most people didn’t want to live here. In fact, some couldn’t stand the thought of such a scene to be had…
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At one time, it was one of the nation’s most important forts, but that’s not how the it’s known today. Now it’s a destination for thousands of tourists…
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In this country, the US Capitol is the place the laws are made, but 1000 years ago, it was this earth lodge that was the equivalent…
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Although sandbars and other river snags were a danger for Lewis and Clark on the way up the Missouri River, it was this obstacle in Montana that made them pull their boats out of the water.
It was the site of a vast trading network on the northern plains. It’s history spanned forty years and today, this fort has been reconstructed to remind us of its importance…
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Of those who signed the Declaration of Independence, this man was the only one to sign more than just his name. He had plenty of reasons not to sign the document, yet his support for the cause was one that the new country would remember until the day he passed….
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There have long been tensions between the U.S. and the middle east, but Chuck Scott believes today’s challenges stem from an incident decades ago–an ordeal in which he was held captive…
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When the Iranian hostage situation began, most of those Americans held would have told you the conflict would have lasted a week at most. But in the end, the ordeal would stretch for well over a year. We visit with one of those men who spent 444 days as a prisoner…
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His first invention involved a kite–and perhaps his most famous discovery involved one too…
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It was the most famous of escape attempts at Alcatraz. The fact that no one ever saw the inmates alive-or dead-keeps the story alive, as a daughter of Alcatraz tells the story today.
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During Troy Wade’s four decades at the Nevada Test Site, he went from designing weapons to stop the Russians to actually sitting down with his Soviet counterparts to work on nuclear reduction treaties…
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Deep under the earth just northwest of Las Vegas, Troy Wade worked to win the cold war…
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Here’s the story of a woman who built her own museum–by accident at the beginning, but one that people from around the world come to see…
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He’s by the far the oldest and wisest ground hog in the nation and every February 2nd, you can be assured that the eyes of the nation will turn to a place named Punxatawnery…
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