Category: American Countryside
A Flight Plan for Life
Vernice Armour was a combat pilot in Iraq. It was an extraordinary mission, working to rebuild the country and protecting citizens and troops form those…
Vernice “Flygirl” Armour
Vernice had a dream to fly. However, that dream wasn’t simply to take to the air, but to push the limits of what had been…
The End of the Pony Express
Today we say hello to our listeners on KNDY. It was in their home town one hundred fifty years ago this week that the Pony…
The Packard Museum
Name your favorite brand of car and you can probably find a dealership within a reasonable distance of your home. But if you favorite car…
The Packard
It was the luxury car of the first half of the 20th century. Today, the company is gone, but the legacy of their fine engineering…
Home of the Pop-tab, Cash Register and More
If you are over 30 years old, you probably remember aluminum cans that had the old pull off tabs. Today, of course, we have pop…
The Other Wright Brothers Plane
The Wright Brothers first took flight in 1903 and that plane is in the Smithsonian. But the brothers said there was a much more important…
More Than An Ice Cream Cone
When is an ice cream cone, more than just ice cream in a cone? We solve that riddle…..
A Family Dairy for Over 150 Years
This week we’ll be in the Dayton, Ohio area as we say hello to our listeners on the classic country radio family of stations. Listeners…
A Bunker Hidden in Plain Site
In 1958 construction began on a new wing at the luxurious Greenbrier resort in West Virginia. What many people didn’t know was that project was…