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Lubbock’s Rock ‘n Roller

Ever rock ‘n roll star had to begin somewhere, and for this musician from Lubbock, TX it was playing at roller rinks and used car…

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A Flight With No Engine

Imagine entering a heated ground battle simply slicing through the air on a glider.  It was a dangerous mission that pilots and troops were asked…

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Gliding Into Battle

When the United States entered World War II soldiers were asked to fight in places where it would be difficult to take conventional airplanes to…

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Big Footprints

The animal tracks are three foot in width…and they are real…not made by an imaginary bigfoot…but plain to see to everyone that wades into this…

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Selling More Than Windmills

Good salesman can sell you an item you need.  Great salesman find a way to sell you many items you need.  That was the plan…

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The Biggest Buyer of Windmills

Many farmers purchased windmills to pump water for their livestock.  But there was someone else buying windmills for another purpose, and that demand meant farmers…

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Farm Technology 900 Years in the Making

Just about every farmstead had one at one time – many remain, although few still perform the task they were originally built to do.  That…

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Beef Capital of the World

Many of our towns and cities in the country were founded by a mixture of immigrants.  This town has seen changes in its demographics over…

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POW Camp Hereford

This town wanted to help with the war effort however it could.  It ended up that its isolation made it a prime location for this. …

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The Town Without a Toothache

It’s been dubbed the ‘’Town without a Toothache.”  However, you may know it by it’s other motto – a motto that denotes it has more…

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