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Telling the Story of a Three Year Division

Many military museums tell the story of an entire war, or perhaps the history of a fort or military outpost.  This museum is unusual in…

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The Hell Cats

They were often known as the Hell Cats.  Others knew them by the name, “Suicide Squad” for their hard fought battles against the fiercest German…

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The Salt and Pepper Museum

We sometimes bill our program as a slice of Americana, and today’s broadcast certainly fills that theme. We visit with a lady who built her…

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The Man Who Saved Route 66

According to Angel Delgadio, I’m about the 600th person to interview him.  I feel fortunate to get to talk to the barber known as “the…

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From the Barbershop on Route 66

Angel Delgadio has lived over 85 years on route 66 in Arizona.  He remembers the Depression years when people headed west for a new start…

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The Story of Sam

He was one of the wealthiest men in America.  Yet almost everyone that ever worked with him would tell you that money didn’t change him….

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Making the Most of Your Space

It you walked into a business that had just remodeled its space and noticed the floor tiles did not match, you might think the owner…

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An Unrenewed Lease That Changed the Future

It’s said, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.”  Perhaps that’s how Sam should have regarded that fact that his lease was not renewed and…

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Bluff Dwellers Cavern

Arthur Browning thought he was just going to check the traps on his farm one morning back in 1927.  What he found was a far…

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Rounding Up the Island Herd

Every fall there is a round-up of the herd here just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah.  You can even bring a horse, or rent…

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