Month: December 2023
A State with Two Flags
The state of Minnesota has a state flag, a flag flown above many sites in the state. They also have one flag that once belonged…
A Successful Stand Against Pickett’s Charge
The Battle of Gettysburg is often referred to as the turning point of the Civil War, and within the battle it was the successful stand…
The First State to Volunteer for the Civil War
When Ft. Sumter was fired upon in April of 1861, in signified the beginning of the U.S. Civil War. Interestingly, the first state to send…
Where the Mississippi and Minnesota Meet
It’s the place where the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers meet – a place that has been important for centuries of travelers by water and land…and…
Promoting Milk Before “Got Milk?”
Before there was a Got Milk slogan, some dairymen used an amendment to the constitution to help keep their product ahead of a more evil…
A Political Party That Survives Today
You may have thought this political party died when this became legal again back in the 1930s. You’ll be intrigued by the history of the…
Heisman Winner Bruce Smith
December 7th 1941. It was a day of travel for this standout college football player, but as the events of Pearl Harbor unfolded, he knew…
Celebrating Minnesota’s Only Heisman Winner
Today we say hello to our listeners on KDHL in Faribault, MN. Listeners there know there is one athlete that put this town on the…
The Moonshine Cafe
Imagine serving hundreds of people out of a small store in very rural Illinois. That’s the setting that takes place many a summer day, a…
A Little Bit of Moonshine
If I told you people were traveling hundreds of miles to this spot for moonshine, you’d probably think there was some illegal alcohol flowing in…