Month: June 2022
John Burns & the Battle of Gettysburg
Imagine hitting the age to retire and then deciding to volunteer for the army. That is what John Burns did. The military rejected him. but…
Limpia Creek Hats
How much would you pay for a good cowboy hat? I suppose it depends what you do for a living or if you think you…
Should You Wear Your Cowboy Hat in the Rain?
In 26 years of doing interviews for this show, John Davis may take the award for the most polite person I have every interviewed. Sure…
Making a Great Cowboy Hat
Every cowboy needs a cowboy hat. There are plenty of places you can buy a hat, but this small shop in west Texas has quite…
The $25 Million Dollar Room
In a moment I’ll take you to a small room, about the size of a large walk-in closet, that’s insured for 25 million dollars. What’s…
Taking the Southern Route
As settlers moved from east to west across this continent they were looking for the best route to reach the Pacific coast. Each option had…
Museum of the Big Bend
The Big Bend region of Texas is a place where mountain chains meet but few people stayed. The land was often a place not settled…
The Old Hoover Powerhouse
Before Hoover Dam supplied electricity for this region of the southwest, this old powerhouse generated the electricity. In fact, in was the energy from this…
Kingman, Arizona
Dinosaurs, caves and safari parks are the things summer road trips are made of. Perhaps that’s why the combination still appears on an old section…
Elmer Long’s Bottle Tree Forest
Elmer Long doesn’t manage a national forest, but it may be the most unique collection of trees in the nation. He doesn’t have to plant…