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Posted in American Countryside Missouri Saint Joseph

An Expert On A Once-In-A-While Sandwich

What’s your favorite sandwich?  That’s an easy question for today’s guest.  He’s an expert on a sandwich that only shows up every once a while…

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Posted in American Countryside Maryland

The Hominy Club

Imagine a country with opposing sides that struggled to understand one another, let alone get along.  It’s not a new problem as evidenced by today’s…

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Posted in American Countryside Maryland

The Origins of William Paca

His name is William Paca, and although most American can’t tell you much about this signer of the Declaration of Independence, there are many that…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

A Plane Crash in Unionville, Missouri

A thunderstorm had just passed through Unionville, Missouri on the night of May 22nd, 1962.  But as Ron Cook went to sleep that night, he…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

The Search for Continental Flight 11

The situation was not good. It was the middle of the night and a commercial airliner was missing somewhere over northern Missouri or southern Iowa. …

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

An Eight Day Sale

Imagine a sale so large it took eight days to sell everything.  It was an enterprise that took all ages in this small town to…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

An Unusual High School Mascot

The most common high school mascot names are the Eagles, Bulldogs and Tigers.  But this school is unique with a small but mighty mascot leading…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana

Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe

Mike Rowe came to fame for the dirty jobs he was asked to perform.  But how many times did those jobs really scare him?  Plenty……

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana

A Man Known For Dirty Jobs

Some people believe they have bad jobs…dirty jobs…jobs no one else would want to have…so now they call this man to do them.  At least…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

The Perryville, Missouri Veterans Memorial

On the outskirts of Perryville, Missouri who will find a place once only to be seen in the nation’s capital.  It is a site that…

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