Vernice had a dream to fly. However, that dream wasn’t simply to take to the air, but to push the limits of what had been done before her. What resulted was an amazing story of determination that inspires people today…..
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Today we say hello to our listeners on KNDY. It was in their home town one hundred fifty years ago this week that the Pony Express came to a close. Only one of the old home stations remains and its located here……
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Name your favorite brand of car and you can probably find a dealership within a reasonable distance of your home. But if you favorite car is a Packard-well, you’ll most assuredly need to come to the only showroom that remains…..
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It was the luxury car of the first half of the 20th century. Today, the company is gone, but the legacy of their fine engineering is still to be found in this city……
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If you are over 30 years old, you probably remember aluminum cans that had the old pull off tabs. Today, of course, we have pop tops on virtually every beverage can in the world. It may not seem like a big deal, but it adds up over time…..
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The Wright Brothers first took flight in 1903 and that plane is in the Smithsonian. But the brothers said there was a much more important plane than that first one, and that version is here…..
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When is an ice cream cone, more than just ice cream in a cone? We solve that riddle…..
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This week we’ll be in the Dayton, Ohio area as we say hello to our listeners on the classic country radio family of stations. Listeners there know well the dairy that’s been in the Young family for over 150 years…..
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If you told Columbus’ crew to hang on to the “bitter end,” they probably would not take you up on that offer. That’s because the definition has changed in the 500 plus years since the explorer made his first trip to the Americas…..
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We’ve all learned that Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 14 hundred and 92. We know he had three ships, the largest of which was the Santa Maria. But most people do not know the story of what happened to that ship and her crew…..
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Although this president died in office in 1850, his body was exhumed over a century later to determine if his death was really due to natural causes…..
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When people began attending funerals here, many had the exact same reaction. They mentioned that when they passed, they wanted a funeral just like that. What resulted is a business with deep ties to the mission they men serve…..
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These men had about 3500 acres of farmland, pasture and timber. However, tilling the land they owned was becoming more difficult as they grew older. What they did next not only pays the bills, it has become a well-known enterprise…..
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Who helped supply the Union army’s depot in Galena, Illinois during the Civil War? The monks at this abbey, of course. Their work is why you’ll find many of the beautiful buildings that still stand on the hills just outside of Dubuque…..
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This week, many schools in this county are giving their students a couple of weeks of vacation. It is a vacation from school, but for most, it is not a vacation from work. In this county, the largest county east of the Mississippi River, everyone is needed to pitch in…..
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Not long after the first cars were made, the first cars began to break down or get involved in accidents. And that’s why this museum is exists today…..
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This famous architect was hired to design one of Chicago’s famous park landscapes. No sooner did he design it than park employees began mowing down all of his flowers. What Alfred Caldwell did next perhaps made this the well-known spot it is today…..
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Sam Davis had an important choice to make. His decision would determine if he would live or be hung…..
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His job was to use his stealth to maneuver through enemy lines and gather as much information as possible for his own army. His story is one that almost everyone in the state of Tennessee knows by heart….
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One, five, ten, twenty? Those are the denominations of bills we normally see when paying for items. Now imagine that not only were there more denominations, but there were dozens of different types of bills in circulation. What you would have is a major mess–and that’s exactly what banking could be like in the 1850′s…..
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