Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma Podcast

A New City Overnight

If a city grows quickly, we might say it sprang up overnight.  This state capital literally sprang into existence in just one night.  We go…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma Podcast

Land on the Run

If you found a great deal on a house or a piece of land, we might say that we ran to get the deal.  In…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma Podcast

Stockyards City, Oklahoma

You might go to a fancy clothing store to get measured for a suit.  But where do you go to measure your horse?  It still…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma Podcast

The Cattlemen’s Cafe

Why are nurses on the night shift eating breakfast in the Oklahoma City Stockyards?  Here’s a place popular for breakfast and great steaks–any time of…

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The Banjo Museum

When I was in fifth grade I wanted to play the trumpet.  My parents scratched together $300 for a used trumpet–the one I still play…

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Duelling Banjos

You’ve heard of dueling banjos–now multiply it times several hundred.  It’s a unique convention of sights and sounds that arrives in the Midwest this weekend…..

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Kennecott Copper Mine

It’s the largest open pit mine in the world, with a hole so deep it swallowed entire towns.  The mine is open to anyone who…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri Podcast Saint Joseph

Jowler Creek Winery

Most crops in the Midwest are planted in the spring and harvested in the fall.  The farmer’s investment is mostly in that single year the…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri Podcast Saint Joseph

Growing Grapes

What led this beef and row crop farmer to begin growing grapes?  The answer is a good one, but it is probably not the first…

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Posted in American Countryside New York Podcast

A Reward for Remaining Loyal to the King

When America won her independence, there were thousands of men and women who remained loyal to England during the war.  What happened to them?  In…

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