Month: April 2021
Cave In Rock
It was a dangerous portion of the Ohio River – not because of the current, but because of who might be waiting inside a cave. …
The Cattlemen’s Steakhouse
You might go to a fancy clothing store to get measured for a suit. But where do you go to measure your horse? It still…
Beer for Breakfast
Why are nurses on the night shift eating breakfast in the Oklahoma City Stockyards? In a moment we’ll take you to a place popular for…
Karlock’s Kars & Pop Culture Museum
Inside a building once used as a produce house way back in 1860, you’ll find a most interesting museum of sorts just a couple of…
The Pandemics of the 1800s
When the Mark Twain boyhood home was working on some new exhibits over a year ago, they thought they were telling a story from the…
Mark Twain’s Hannibal
The events we experience as a child can have a big impact on our future. That was the case for Sam – so much so…
The Famous Man Above the Drug Store
The second story of an old drug store may not seem to be a place of historical significance, and in many ways perhaps it wasn’t…
The $175,000 Banjo
When I was in fifth grade I wanted to play the trumpet. My parents scratched together $300 for a used trumpet…the one I still play…
Dueling Banjos
You’ve heard of dueling banjos…now multiply it times several hundred. It’s a unique convention of sights and sounds that entertains folks from coast to coast…
The Monopoly Patent
Charles Darrow had a great new board game he sold to Parker Brothers – Monopoly. The only problem was, Charles didn’t invent the game. Rather…