Location:
Harlan, IA
Description:
Your Tour Guide to America
Language:
English
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McCrea Communications; 5650 Berlin Rd.; Maysville, MO 64469-8255 1-888-622-7321
Email:
andrew@AndrewMcCrea.com
Episodes
Tracing the Origins of Storm Lake
3/19/2024
This lake was a draw for people as far back as there were people living in the area. But the lake is a bit different...
Duration:00:03:00
Winning a National Championship in a Big Way
3/18/2024
While individuals compete in track and field events, there is often a team component to the standings, with points awarded for each team member for...
Duration:00:03:00
An Olympic Qualifier on Another Level
3/15/2024
It’s difficult to know exactly how many medals this athlete might have won at the Olympics. She qualified for several events, but the rules said...
Duration:00:03:00
Wide Enough Streets for U-Turns
3/14/2024
Today cities don’t need to be laid out so that ox carts can make U-turns. However, that was the plan behind this Texas town. While...
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Riding A Horse Into the Hotel Lobby
3/13/2024
Imagine a well-known general riding his horse into the lobby of a hotel…and it was met with applause. Another military man came here to recruit...
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Racing to Get a Hotel Room
3/12/2024
Today just about every hotel room in America has a private bathroom included. Turn back the clock over a century and shared baths were the...
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Home of the Ice Cream Sundae
3/11/2024
Many of us enjoy an ice cream sundae. We have our favorite flavors and toppings. But were did that phrase, the “sundae” come from? You...
Duration:00:03:00
The Sistine Chapel of Twin Rivers
3/8/2024
Some have referred to this place as the Sistine Chapel of this town. No the ceilings aren’t as high, nor the building as large as...
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An Art and Space Museum
3/7/2024
Perhaps you don’t think you’d care to go to an art museum. But what about a museum that had a Soviet satellite crash right in...
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Kicking It to the Side of the Road
3/6/2024
It was the middle of the night and two police officers had happened upon a relatively small piece of smoldering metal in the middle of...
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The Delivery Tree
3/5/2024
Today if you need parts for your car or truck, you might just head to an auto repair store. Turn back the clock nearly 200...
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Messages Delivered in Weeks
3/4/2024
Before express mail or overnight delivery, messages traveled at a speed measured not in hours, but in weeks. For those wanting to communicate up and...
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Where Two Nations Could Met
3/1/2024
The hardwood trees along the Neosho River had been growing here for years. In fact, many of those old trees can be found yet today. ...
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A Cedar Rapids Museum of the Past and Present
2/29/2024
In Cedar Rapids, Iowa you’ll find an impressive museum that tells the past and present of a group of people who made this part of...
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Speaking the Same Language
2/28/2024
In the 1800s many immigrant groups began to move from Europe to the United States. Specific groups of people would often begin to settle in...
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The Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo
2/27/2024
If you come to watch this rodeo, you’ll most likely be sitting in seats that were first used in 1913. That’s actually pretty modern considering...
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The First Rodeo
2/26/2024
Where was the first rodeo held? You’ll find some debate on the actual beginning point of the sport with several towns laying claim to some...
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A Long Way from Norway to Oklahoma
2/23/2024
It’s a long way from Norway to Oklahoma. That’s precisely why this story seems so hard to believe. However, could it be true that ancient...
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Early Oklahoma Visitors
2/22/2024
You can find ancient carvings of Native Americans in many parts of the country. So when early settlers happened upon these writings in Oklahoma, they...
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Evidence of Vikings in Oklahoma
2/21/2024
If you want to learn the story of ancient Vikings you would of course travel to Scandinavia…or Oklahoma of course. Why Oklahoma? There’s plenty of...
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