Today’s Dallas is a busy, growing city. But 50 years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, it remains inextricably linked to a tragic…

When Union and Confederate sympathizers threatened to take this banker’s money, he did what any logical person would do–he dressed as a woman and began…

A few years ago, you may remember the popular Where’s Waldo books that had kids searching for a man hidden in pictures.  Today, we search…

You’ve probably never heard of Kafir Corn.  However, turn back the clock a century and you may have been hearing about it on national radio….

The first settlers to this region began to farm the land, but drought and grasshoppers made life miserable for most.  But just when things seemed…

When Herman’s son brought home an antiquated animal production book that he happened to find in his high school ag classroom, Herman decided that some…

Dr. Larry Wiggins had always hoped his hometown would be able to bring home a Pheasant airplane.  The aircraft was built in Memphis, Missouri in…

It was a promising young business – the Pheasant Aircraft Company.  In the early days of aviation, a well known pilot began making his own…

If you said you were looking for a pheasant you would probably be looking for a bird.  But in the 1920s in Memphis, Missouri, the…

Folks in Scotland County, Missouri will tell you that their hometown girl, Ella Ewing, was the tallest lady in the world.  The quiet and scholarly…