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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Down dirt and gravel roads, off the main highway on paths once well traveled, but now forgotten, you can find small country cemeteries. As families moved, many are not even mowed and cared for today. But in the state of Missouri, a few of those old resting places have received special recognition because of the men buried there…
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Today these streets and the adjacent alley are peaceful avenues lines with small town businesses. The fall of 1892, it was the sight of citizens defending their town against one of the most notorious gangs of the 19th century…
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Bob, Emmit and Grat–three brothers that would return to their hometown to do business–but the business to be transacted would cost the lives of some of the family and some of the town’s citizen’s as well…
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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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William Johnstone and George Keeler were looking for a way to attract the railroad to their new town. Who knew their method to lure them would impact Oklahoma still today….
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An FFA advisor was driving his students to a competition when the bus broke down with twenty eight students and the teacher stranded on the roadside. What happened next worked well in the 1940s, but today it would probably land you in trouble…
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Dallas Hanks sees millions of easily accessible cropland in the United States that could be better utilized. In fact, we’re already paying to maintain that land and it could be used to grow crops that can be turned into fuel…
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The 4-H Program is now over a century old and many people recognize the familiar green clover that symbolizes those well-known clubs. But the story behind why 4-H has a clover and exactly what it means is a feature that not many people have heard…
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For 90% of this agricultural product’s history, it was used as a drink. People certainly still drink it today, but its form has changed and perhaps our waistlines have as well as we’ve gobbled up too much of it. The crop, its history and how it changed the world is today’s American Countryside…
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When hunters and trappers would gather once each season, it was often called a rendezvous. In Alaska and the Yukon Territory, there is still a rendezvous, although the types of people it draws are more varied and widespread than a century ago…
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If you began a food fight in school you could be headed to detention. If a farmer or rancher starts a food fight– that’s another thing–and may be part of a new campaign to share their story.
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To many of us, salmon are just another type of fish we might eat. But to the people of Alaska, this is a fish that may have even a spiritual meaning…
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When the city of Fairbanks swelled with the Klondike gold rush in the late 1800s, a fleet of riverboats began to sail the river waters hauling supplies. When the riverboats came, something else began to change…
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When you think of a riverboat captain, you probably think of life on the Mississippi, Ohio or Missouri. Instead, we’ll ride a river in Alaska…
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