Most people have heard of the National FFA, formerly the Future Farmers of America. In fact, many listeners to these broadcasts are past FFA members. Some may not be aware that during the years of school segregation, another organization existed for African Americans, the New Farmers of America…..
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At 96 years old, W.G. Parker has memories of teaching agriculture well before World War II. Most of his career his students were active in the New Farmers of America, an organization for African American youths similar to the FFA…
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When Frank bought a plane he needed a hangar in which to park it. Soon the plane wasn’t the only thing in the building. In fact, visitors still come here to see that plane an much, much more…
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The president of this oil company was looking for a place to entertain business leaders from the east coast and around the world. He settled on a ranch in northeastern Oklahoma. This is the story of the ranch where million dollar deals are still done…
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On the surface it seemed like an unlikely scenario for success. A barber from Iowa striking oil and building one of the largest companies in America. But that’s exactly what happened…
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Many schools take field trips. They’re usually fun events for students to get some time out of the classroom. But some field trips don’t go as planned. That was certainly the case for this ag teacher who was convinced to allow some of his students to try their hand at rodeo…
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There are major awards like Oscars, Grammys and Nobel Peace Prizes; then there is the Battered Bucket Award. You’ve probably never heard of it, but if you won it, you probably messed up in a memorable way to get it…
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Every year the National FFA selects one student as the Star Farmer of America. It’s quite an honor. Today we visit with the oldest living person to have won that award–a man that’s still speaking at chapter FFA banquets each spring…
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Wayne Booth resides in Cordell, Oklahoma thanks to a snowstorm over a century ago. The story of that storm and the farm that made him national news is today’s edition of The American Countryside…
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It may have seemed this famous western showman had married the wrong woman. After all, his bride was a city girl who didn’t grow up around horses and cowboy life. It turned out that she might have been the better cowboy of the pair…
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Many of us had childhood heroes, and for Gordon it was the famous showman Buffalo Bill. What he might never have imagined was how he would eclipse the fame of the legend…
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In 1912 he was proclaimed the world’s greatest athlete and some of his Olympic records from that year still stood two decades later. He was a well rounded athlete that even won the Dancing with the Stars competition of his day…
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When you think of historically great collegiate football programs, names like Notre Dame, Penn State and Alabama might come to mind. Most people don’t name the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in that list, but with this star athlete on the team, they beat the top programs of their day.
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His work helped teach almost an entire nation to read and write within a matter of just a few years. We introduce you to one of the most famous native Americans…
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This FFA advisor found a fund raiser that was so successful, he had to quit teaching just to operate the new business…
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Tom Mix was known as the King of the Cowboys, starring in over 300 films from 1910 to 1935. He might also be the king of marriage…having tied the knot five times…
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He was king of the cowboys, a real-life ranch hand that won the hearts of the nation with his amazing feats on Tony the Wonder Horse. In fact, he was such a daredevil, movie companies pleaded with him to stop doing his own stunts so they could insure he would stay healthy and keep his starring role…
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Imagine a train chugging south out of Kansas with people jumping from the cars all along its route. The reason they jumped and mass chaos took place that September day is this edition of The American Countryside….
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It’s called the Cherokee Strip; a stretch of land in north central Oklahoma originally given to the Cherokee and later opened to settlement by the U.S. government. The story of that area and the land rush that resulted is today’s edition of the American Countryside…
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George Keeler noticed his horses wouldn’t drink from this spot on the river. The location today is an important spot that draws visitors from around world…
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