Category: American Countryside
In Search of the Fountain of Youth
You may remember your history book told you of Ponce de Leon and his search for the “fountain of youth.” His trip to Florida actually…
Before De Soto
Thousands of visitors fly and drive to Tampa and Orlando, Florida every year. Daniel Stevens can tell you what life was like before all of…
Herbert Hoover
Some consider this president to be the cause of the Great Depression. It was probably more a matter of being President at the wrong time…
Harold Barrett and His Indian Motorcycle
Today we say hello to our listeners on KWBG in Boone, IA. Folks there should stay alert! There’s a 90 year old man south of…
Harold Barrett
Harold Barrett has been farming and feeding cattle as long as he can remember–and that’s about 90 years so far. So how has the operation…
Graham Cave
One of the first men to farm this plot of land used the nearby rocky overhang to shelter his herd of hogs. Then he discovered…
Crowley’s Ridge
Today we say hello to our listeners on KOTC in Kennett, MO. Is it really true the Mississippi River once ran to the west of…
Benjamin Crowley
Lots of rivers, towns and mountains are named after people who settled in a specific area. This man never imagined an important ridge of land…
A Gangster’s Vacation Hot Spot
There aren’t too many peaceful stories about gangsters, but this American city offered ruthless men a chance to have a vacation…..
Keeping the Old
The cliché says, out with the old, in with the new. If Ramona had followed that advice, she might have lost her business. Today we…