Posted in American Countryside Iowa Podcast

Iowa’s Aviation Museum

For the past few days we,ve been in Greenfield, Iowa, home to the Iowa Aviation Museum.  You probably never realized how many aviation firsts are…

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Charles Levine

Chalres Lindburgh was the first person to fly an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean.  But lost in our history books in the name of a…

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Landing A Plane on a Boat

Today, aircraft carriers and the planes they transport play a vital role in country’s military might.   However, have you ever given any thought to…

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Root Capitol

Willy Foote saw farmers and farmer cooperatives in developing nations often struggle to survive.  What resulted was a vision that turned into a non-profit organization…

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Pearl Harbor Survivor Al Bodenlos

Al can tell you plenty about building airport runways.  Of course, most of those he helped build were on surfaces like coral under the threat…

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Chattanooga Battlefield

Imagine being a slave at the beginning of the Civil War only later to have an opportunity to join the Union army and fight back…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois Podcast

Turkey Tracks

There is definitely an art to tracking and calling a wild turkey.  Jerry Law had no trouble tracking this turkey.   That’s because the turkey’s…

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The Luna Cafe

In front of the Luna Café, on old route 66 near Mitchell, Illinois, you’ll find a beautifully restored neon sign.  The bright lights include a…

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A Palm Beach Girl on the Ranch

She was a very unlikely candidate to manage a cattle feedyard in central Nebraksa.  She grew up in Palm Beach County, Florida and knew next…

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The Snowstorm That Built a Radio Station

Many radio stations have interesting stories of how they were born.  This station in central Nebraska was the product of one of the worst blizzards…

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