For those who visit Palm Springs, California for the first time, they are often most surprised, not by the luxurious resorts and gold courses, but by want dominates the skyline…
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If someone tells tall tales we might say they are full of wind. Mr. Oliver’s story was not only full of wind, it was about the wind itself. But thanks to him, Palm Springs, California was on the map for a new kind of energy…
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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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If you visit Palm Springs, California, you may be tempted to believe this resort town was carved out of an endless desert. That is partly true, but this man will quickly show you how this valley has been home to peoples for thousands of years…
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Today skyscrapers in Phoenix tower above the city below. Roll back the clock six hundred years and it was this building that towered above the desert floor. The structure remains, but it’s use is still a mystery…
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Every independence day we celebrate our freedom. This soldier is reminded of the cost of that freedom as he protects the resting place of America’s heroes…
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Some jobs require you to wear a uniform. Imagine a job where that uniform had to be worn with perfection…where a deviation of 1/64 of an inch could cost you your position…
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It’s just a small town of about 500 people. You’ve driven through bunches of them. But you probably have not driven through this town of a half thousand unless you were specifically headed there. That’s because you must drive 26 miles of dirt roads just reach the remote location…
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The city of Buckeye, Arizona was a small farming community for much of its life. That’s not so today. The landscape is changing and two young people involved in agriculture see the chance to till the land quickly moving ahead of the sprawling city…
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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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Retirees are often looking for a good cause to which to devote their time. Not many take up grinding flour from a 160 old water powered mill…
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People near Muscatine have always known of a place called Pine Creek Mill, but for most of the 20th century, it sat idle, with a little work done to keep the outside of the structure preserved. The mill came to life though when this group of volunteers devoted their time to the project 
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Today we say hello to out listeners in Muscatine, IA on KWPC. Eighty years ago it was a station called KTNT that flaunted the rules and blasted their signal to most of the country touting a cure for a deadly disease…
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For many of Marvin Kreeger’s 84 years, he’s operated a car dealership in Muscatine, IA. It’s a successful business, but as he’ll tell you, it once was not so easy to sell a car in this town–especially if you had this specific model on your lot…
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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.
George Washington is the father of the nation, but it’s this man’s name that is on the national historic site where Washington once lived and worked…
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Today Harvard is recognized as one of the top universities in the world. In 1775, it became the home of men fighting for the cause of freedom…
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When the American revolution began, there were many living in the colonies that remained loyal to the king. In many cases, they fled the new nation and had their property commandeered by the patriots…
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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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