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The Highest Point in Kansas

The Harold family has farmed and ranched along the Kansas-Colorado border for over a century.  Their homestead may appear to be much like many others…

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The Kit Carson County Carousel

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…

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A Bad 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,…

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The Squirrel Cage Jail

Prisoners have used many different methods to escape from their cells.  A man in this jail crawled through pipes of raw sewage, not once but…

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Like Hamsters in a Wheel

If you seem to be busy, but going nowhere in life, you might be said to be a “hamster in a wheel.”  The prisoners of…

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Keeping a Secret for a Decade

For a decade, this place kept its true purpose a secret.  To do otherwise would jeopardize those who came here.  But when the story could…

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More Than Just a Little Log Cabin

This small log cabin has been in Nebraska City for over 150 years.  It appears to be much like other cabins of the era –…

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Up, Up in the Air with My Beautiful Balloon

Imagine a competition where you pilot a hot air balloon equipped with survival gear over snow-capped mountains in the dead of winter…..

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Bucks County, Pennsylvania

There are many places in the United States that were once thriving agricultural areas and are now under pressure from cities that continue to sprawl…

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The World Record Rocking Chair

Some people have a chair lift to assist them.  But this chair requires a lift just to sit in it.  It’s a chair that’s only…

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