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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

The Story of Those Yellow Trucks

Depending on where you live, you may know this company, not by where it is located but rather by where its yellow trucks happen to…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

Industry Impacting Southwest Minnesota

The land that surrounds a town often has a big impact on the types of industries that will spring up within the city limits.  That…

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Posted in American Countryside Puerto Rico

San Juan Historic Site

This impressive fort has stood watch over the Atlantic for nearly 400 years.  For some of those sentrys who scanned the ocean for invading navies,…

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Posted in American Countryside Puerto Rico

Amazing History in Puerto Rico

If you are looking for one of the first places Europeans explorers touched land in what is today the United States, you may need to…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

Kafir Corn

You’ve probably never heard of Kafir Corn.  However, turn back the clock a century and you may have been hearing about it on national radio. …

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

Drought and Grasshoppers

The first settlers to this region began to farm the land, but drought and grasshoppers made life miserable for most.  But just when things seemed…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

Near the Santa Fe Trail

The early trails that moved settlers from east to west often charted courses that helped reduce the number of obstacles in their path.  Those trails…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

Searching for Gold in Kansas

If you are a Spanish explorer searching the New World for gold, the place you’d come look of course would be the state of Kansas. …

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

The Quivira of Kansas

The area around Lyons, Kansas in the central part of the Sunflower State may appear to be sparsely populated by national standards.  However, about 500…

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Posted in American Countryside Montana

The Backcountry Horsemen

They are called the Back Country Horseman.  Their work is something that may have impacted you and you never realized it.  And once you hear…

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