Author: Tom
Too Far To Pay Taxes?
Normally companies who operate illegally do so by carefully hiding their activities. This company made no such move to operate secretively. Of course it’s easily…
The 16-Week Paddle – To Where?
Imagine paddling a canoe for eight weeks, reaching your destination, and then turning around and paddling eight weeks back home. It was reality for the…
The Most Important Commodity?
What is the most important commodity in the world? There are a variety of answers you might get to that question, but in the late…
Standin’ on a Corner
This song hit number 12 on the billboard charts 50 years ago, and it’s popularity seems to keep growing. In fact, this town likes the…
The Man Who Helped Us Find Our Way
So I’ll share a little story about this show. I’ve been doing it 26 years and I travel to all the places we feature. I…
Louisiana, Missouri History
Some towns take the name of a state. That is the case of Louisiana, Missouri. It is an early Mississippi River town that flourished here…
The Unlikely Spy
Spies are supposed to work in secret. After all, it’s usually automatic death or imprisonment if you’re caught. But that was not the case for…
A Career Launched Amid the Titanic Tragedy
We’ve all heard of the Titanic, and many of us know the name Carpathia, a nearby ship that helped rescue some of the ocean liners…
Taking Advantage of the Mountain Time Zone
For communities near a time zone, it can sometimes be confusing which time one is using when hosting an event. In Ft. Pierre, SD most…
Historic Ties to Ft. Pierre, South Dakota
Take a walk around the small historic district in Ft. Pierre, SD and you’ll find some buildings with quite a history. Karl Fisher knows many…
