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This motel advertisers a “radio in every room.” Perhaps it doesn’t sound too elegant, but it’s doing a nice business on the same spot for the last 80 years or so…
Movie Stars on Wide-Open Roads
May 15, 2018 by
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There was a time when the movie stars of the day did not fly to their destination, but rather drove their own expensive cars on the wide-open roads. This story is about one such star on a trip…
Searching for the Crossroads of the Nation
May 14, 2018 by
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He was a man in search of the crossroads of the nation. For of course, that would be the best place to build a business – a site where traffic from all directions would meet…
Man’s Best Friend
May 3, 2018 by
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We’ve all heard of man’s best friend…but it was this dog that probably gave us the phrase so common today. We’ll go to a county courthouse where a dog, his owner and a famous lawyer made history…
A Famous Canine
May 2, 2018 by
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In the courthouse square in Warrensburg, Missouri you will find a statue in tribute to a dog named Old Drum. He’s one famous canine who had a case go all the way to the state supreme court…
A Career That Brings Romance
April 26, 2018 by
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Barry Yantis’ family has been in this family business since the days of World War II. It’s a career that brings smiles to people’s faces around Valentines Day, perhaps even some romance…
The 100th Birthday of a Candy Bar
April 25, 2018 by
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When you rank candy bars by the date they were first introduced, this would be the third oldest in the nation. It’s celebrating it’s one hundredth birthday this year and we go to the birthplace…
A Mercantile Company That Invented
April 24, 2018 by
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It was in 1876 a new mercantile company began business. It may not sound that significant if not for one of the products they would end up inventing…
50 Years of Broadcasting Major League Baseball
April 13, 2018 by
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162 games a year for 50 years…that’s over 8000 baseball games…and this man has seen virtually every single one of them. Then again…that’s his job. We’ll head to the stadium to catch a game with him…
Keeping the Listener Interested Calling a Ballgame
April 12, 2018 by
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When a baseball broadcaster has to describe a game that is lackluster at best, they may resort to talking about all kinds of things to keep a listener interested. Perhaps they even talk about things like utility poles…
Getting a Mule to Obey
April 11, 2018 by
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Mules can be stubborn. So what do you do with a mule that simply won’t obey? Wilbur was told what he should do, but whether he’d ever follow that advice again is very much in question
A Medic Caring for Four Legs
April 10, 2018 by
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Medics are an important part of an army, taking care of the wounded on the front lines, risking their own lives to save those of others. This man had that job, but those he cared for had four legs…
Taking Skills from the Farm to War
April 9, 2018 by
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Like many young American men in the 1940s, Wilbur Taylor was headed to war. But his job would be a unique one requiring some of the skills he knew from the farm…
More Than Two Blocks of Murals
March 16, 2018 by
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Michelangelo had a very large canvass when he began work on the Sistine chapel. Make a trip to this river town and you’ll find a man who had two and a half blocks of canvass to fill…
Where Civil War Engineers Ran Out of Names
March 15, 2018 by
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Civil War engineers were simply running out of names…but that doesn’t mean the forts here were not important. It’s a place where the Union troops simply named their forts for the letters of the alphabet…
Rememberance of the Trail of Tears
March 14, 2018 by
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Many of us have heard of the Trail of Tears. This community chose to honor those who were forced to make that journey. It turn a group of individuals comes here every year on bicycles in remembrance as well…
A Long Stretch of Original Route 66
March 13, 2018 by
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Old Route 66 is a major tourist attraction in many communities along the highway. But here you’ll find some of the longest stretches of original road anywhere in the nation…
Wildlife That Draws People Here
March 12, 2018 by
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Deer, turkey, black bear and mountain lion – they are just a few of the creatures roaming these woods and that has made this place a draw…
A Unique Look at the Outdoors
March 9, 2018 by
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When you grow up with something all of your life, you may not realize exactly how special it is. That was a bit the case for Dave, who learned that what he found outdoors was a truly unique piece of our world…
A Japanese Teenager’s Journey to the US
March 1, 2018 by
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As a Japanese teenager, Barbara was taught to defend herself from American soldiers arriving in her country. She ended up marrying one of them. But there were far more surprises when she landed in the United States…
