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A Baseball Career Not Recognized By Cooperstown

Carl Mays had a career worthy of the baseball hall of fame, however many in his hometown will tell you that he’s not in Cooperstown…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

A Gun Without Bullets

Some boys grow up hunting animals in the woods.  That was the case for Carl Mays, but he didn’t use a gun to hit his…

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Posted in American Countryside Washington

The Colville Indian Reservation

The name of their current tribal home is not an ancestral name, but rather the name of a fort where many of the native Americans…

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Posted in American Countryside Washington

A Trip Off the Beaten Path

It is the largest hydroelectric dam in the nation…spanning just a few feet shy of one mile across and over five hundred feet high It’s…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

The 1930’s Largest Lake in the World

In the 1930s it became the largest lake in the world…and interestingly, that record setter was nestled in the undeveloped forestland of the Midwest…

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The World’s Greatest Athlete

In 1912, he was proclaimed “The World’s Greatest Athlete” and some of his Olympic records stood two decades later.  He was a well-rounded athlete that…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Possibly the Only Expert in the World

If you have a valuable heirloom you’d like to sell, you might see an expert appraiser to assess its value. For this type of item,…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Curator of A Unique Museum

You might not picture our founding fathers wearing broaches or other jewelry. However, this lady says it’s just one of the interesting pieces of history…

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An Odd Method of Tracking A Family History

Today many people like to trace their family tree.  Before the age of photos and computerized records, there was another way to keep track of…

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Posted in American Countryside Nebraska

An Airplane Born From Tragedy

It’s a plane that was born from tragedy, and interesting, a plane that would go on to haul millions of passengers and help win battles…

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