Category: American Countryside
A Pancake Jubilee
Imagine hosting a breakfast so large that you needed to buy pancake flour by the boxcar. That’s exactly what happened here. So why was this…
Two Rival Nurseries and Radio Stations
Today we say hello to our friends in Southwest Iowa. Folks there have been tuning into their radios for decades to hear the story of…
The Kansas Cosmosphere
Today we’re back in Hutchinson, KS and say hello to our listeners on KWBW. I can attest to what folks there already know…the space museum…
The Inspiration for Radiator Springs
Sometimes movies do more than just bring in dollars at the box office. They occasionally have an impact on the place where they were filmed….
WCAZ Radio
Today’s program comes from the studios of WCAZ Radio in Carthage, Illinois. It’s a place with a long tradition in broadcasting…a place that’s been on…
An Unusual Invitation
There are many towns in the western U.S. that had rough and tumble beginnings. They are places where it was sometimes difficult to determine exactly…
The Jewel of the Prairie
In the 1880s Junction City, Kansas built “The Jewel of the Prairie,” a grand opera house to serve the growing community. They also built a…
A Horse with A Gas Mask
There are a lot of important military artifacts in this museum and Dr. Robert Smith can tell you why each is very important to the development…
The Hindenburg
It was transatlantic service at its finest. An airship almost three football fields long cruising at the then blazing speed of 82 miles per hour….
Fort Riley
Today we say hello to our listeners on KJCK in Junction City, KS. Listeners there know the long-standing affiliation this community has had with the…