Month: June 2018
Naturalist John Muir
Over a century ago, President Roosevelt was so interested in preserving natural wonders, he traveled all the way to California to take a camping trip…
Nature Closer to Home
When this man’s trip to the Amazon fell through, he instead began to travel this country to see all that nature held closer to home. …
An Unusual Museum
When you pull up to this small building, you may be surprised to learn that people are making detours just to see what’s inside. In…
Knowledgeable About Vinegar
It’s a product you can find named in the Bible and in ancient texts. However, it’s something that is familiar yet unknown to most of…
Putting the Town on the Map
Lawrence Diggs is not you average citizen. If he seemed out-of-place here, he certainly wasn’t for long as the residents of this community of under…
An American Idol
You never know who you might meet when doing an interview. On a recent trip to Alabama to a historic recording studio, I was asked…
A Place Known As Traveler’s Rest
It was a meeting place, a point were Lewis and Clark twice stopped during very important points in their journey…
The Lolo Trail
It was the most difficult climb in their journey west–the Rocky mountains of Montana and Idaho. We hit the Lolo trail…
Poker Alice
She was simply known as Poker Alice. She was an expert card player who used to begin each game by proclaiming, ““Praise the Lord and…
Rapid City’s Historical Museum
Today we say hello to our listeners on KOTA in Rapid City, South Dakota. Residents there know of an amazing local museum that tells the…