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A Fire Building for 24 Years

We’re all familiar with Smokey Bear and his warnings to prevent forest fires.  But imagine a fire with fuel that had been building, not for…

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A Long Bus Ride to School

Some students must ride a bus to school.  But imagine a school district where a student might spend nearly six hours simply riding to and…

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Got A Pencil?

Residents in Trenton, Missouri know that when they need a pen or pencil, there’s one man in town that can most certainly help them out…..

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The Medicine Man and Modern Medicine

You may have thought the use of Medicine Men was a thing of the past.  Not here.  In fact, this man has found the combination…

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Teaching Agriculture Classes in a Different Culture

Clyde McBride may have never imagined he’d be teaching his students about Native American traditions in his High School agriculture classes.  However, the intertwining of…

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Hatch Chili

If you play with fire you’re liable to get burned. But on Jim Lidle’s farm, fire is what they grow. It’s fire in the form…

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Munson Angus Farms

This family has been raising prime Angus cattle for years, but when they had to make the switch to marketing the beef direct to consumers,…

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The Largest Horse in the Nation?

For those who have spent much time around horses, they know that a horse that stands 16 hands high, 64 inches to the withers, is…

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Aboard the Orphan Train

Imagine being an orphan boarding a train on the East Coast, not knowing where your next home might be.  That was the case for nearly…

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250,000 New Homes in the Midwest

In a restored rail depot building in Concordia, Kansas you can find an intriguing story of nearly a quarter million orphans who found new homes…

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