Bringing you the best from across the American Countryside.
Location:
Harlan, IA
Description:
Bringing you the best from across the American Countryside.
Language:
English
Contact:
McCrea Communications; 5650 Berlin Rd.; Maysville, MO 64469-8255 1-888-622-7321
Email:
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Episodes
The River Leaves Town
8/16/2022
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...
Duration:00:02:59
Forrest City – The Steamboat Port
8/15/2022
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...
Duration:00:02:59
Tracking Down a Stolen Masterpiece
8/12/2022
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...
Duration:00:03:00
An Over The Top Purchase
8/11/2022
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,...
Duration:00:03:00
The Yellowstone Trail
8/10/2022
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...
Duration:00:03:00
The Amazing Life of Michael Dowling
8/9/2022
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...
Duration:00:03:00
The Minnesota Machinery Museum
8/8/2022
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...
Duration:00:03:00
The Small But Mighty Popcorn Stand
8/5/2022
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...
Duration:00:02:59
A Unique Business Brining Big Dollars to Local Causes
8/4/2022
Many organizations work to raise money for local causes. That is the case for the Kiwanis Club in Granite Falls, Minnesota. However, you may be...
Duration:00:02:59
A Business Born in 1919
8/3/2022
The folks here can tell you the exact date two brothers started, what to them, must have seemed to simply be a side business to...
Duration:00:03:00
Escape from the Squirrel Cage Jail
8/2/2022
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...
Duration:00:02:59
Hamsters in a Prison Wheel
8/1/2022
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...
Duration:00:03:00
A Drink That Was Good for You
7/29/2022
There are a lot of studies that show high consumption of sugary drinks is bad for your waistline and your health. But one study actually...
Duration:00:03:00
Shoot Me a Waco
7/28/2022
If someone walked into a restaurant and said, “Shoot me a Waco,” no one would probably know what they meant. They’d actually be asking for...
Duration:00:03:00
The McGloflin House
7/27/2022
Today it is just a historic site overlooking the Oregon’s Wilamette River…yet the man who lived here is regarded to have saved the lives of...
Duration:00:02:59
Turkey Red & the Liberty Bell
7/26/2022
Perhaps you’ve seen the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. But have you see the Liberty Bell in Goessel, Kansas? The version that was crafted by 200...
Duration:00:03:00
The Mennonites Meet the Tsar
7/25/2022
This community in central Kansas traces their lineage to the Netherlands, Poland and the Ukraine. During their journey it was a chance meeting with one...
Duration:00:02:59
Liberation from a POW Camp
7/22/2022
Life inside a POW camp in Germany was a struggle for survival. Yet inside the barbed wire and the horrific experiences Sy Brenner encountered, there...
Duration:00:03:00
Strange Messages in the Night
7/21/2022
Sy Brenner was an American soldier captured by the Germans and held in a POW camp. He was fearful his captors would learn of his...
Duration:00:02:59
Becoming the POW Doctor
7/20/2022
Sy Brenner served as a medic during World War II. However, he was about to be asked to serve in the role of doctor. He...
Duration:00:03:00