Category: Missouri
Unearthing the Bones of an Unknown Animal
Imagine you unearthed the bones of an animal and had little idea of what you found. Now imagine making up a tale about the creature…
A Motel With a Radio in Every Room
This motel advertisers a “radio in every room.” Perhaps it doesn’t sound too elegant, but it’s doing a nice business on the same spot for…
Movie Stars on Wide-Open Roads
There was a time when the movie stars of the day did not fly to their destination, but rather drove their own expensive cars on…
Searching for the Crossroads of the Nation
He was a man in search of the crossroads of the nation. For of course, that would be the best place to build a business…
Man’s Best Friend
We’ve all heard of man’s best friend…but it was this dog that probably gave us the phrase so common today. We’ll go to a county…
A Famous Canine
In the courthouse square in Warrensburg, Missouri you will find a statue in tribute to a dog named Old Drum. He’s one famous canine who…
A Career That Brings Romance
Barry Yantis’ family has been in this family business since the days of World War II. It’s a career that brings smiles to people’s faces…
The 100th Birthday of a Candy Bar
When you rank candy bars by the date they were first introduced, this would be the third oldest in the nation. It’s celebrating it’s one…
A Mercantile Company That Invented
It was in 1876 a new mercantile company began business. It may not sound that significant if not for one of the products they would…
50 Years of Broadcasting Major League Baseball
162 games a year for 50 years…that’s over 8000 baseball games…and this man has seen virtually every single one of them. Then again…that’s his job. …
