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The Orphan Train
In a restored rail depot building in Concordia, Kansas you can find an intriguing story of nearly a quarter million orphans who found new homes…
Visiting the Historic Soda Fountain
This is a story about people in small towns who are determined to make good things happen. They may have to overcome challenges but they…
The River Leaves Town
The last steamboats docked here in 1868. In fact, some of theme didn’t make it out of town before the river suddenly changed course that…
Forrest City – The Steamboat Port
If you drive into Forrest City, Missouri these days newcomers might be surprised to learn a couple of facts about this town of about 250…
Tracking Down a Stolen Masterpiece
We appreciate the folks listening on KNAB in Burlington, Colorado who helped us with a story that’s nearly a century old in their community. It’s…
An Over The Top Purchase
The general public usually wants its elected officials to be fiscally responsible. But the purchase the commissioners in Kit Carson County made was so over-the-top,…
The Yellowstone Trail
Today we don’t think much of hoping on an interstate to zip from one location to the next. But a century ago, national highways were…
The Amazing Life of Michael Dowling
You’ve probably never heard of a man named Michael Dowling who spent most of his life in southwester Minnesota in the late 1800s and early…
The Minnesota Machinery Museum
The school closed in the small town of Hanley Falls, Minnesota in the late 1970s. Many people wondered what to do with their old school…
The Small But Mighty Popcorn Stand
1919 was an important year in Granite Falls, Minnesota. Amidst the hubbub of that year, people at the time wouldn’t have thought that a new…