Category: Missouri
King City, Missouri’s BIG Pump
In over 15 years of traveling the countryside, we have yet to feature an attraction from my hometown, the place I went to school, the…
Settling King City, Missouri
New York City as the Empire State building, Seattle the Space Needle and for many years, King City, Missouri had a tombstone. It shows how…
Living Past 100 Years Old
Helen Netherton may still be able to purchase long term care insurance, but at the age of 110, she’s still never spent a night in…
Helen Netherton
Today we make history on our broadcasts. Out story is with the oldest person we have ever interviewed for the American Countryside. In fact, she…
From Japan to the United States
As a Japanese teenager, Barbara was taught to defend herself from American soldiers arriving in her country. She ended up marrying one of them! But…
World War II From the Other Side of the Globe
Probably all of us have heard stories about World War II. Perhaps we have friends or relatives who have shared first hand accounts. It’s rare,…
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…
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…
