Location:
Harlan, IA
Description:
Your Tour Guide to America
Language:
English
Contact:
McCrea Communications; 5650 Berlin Rd.; Maysville, MO 64469-8255 1-888-622-7321
Email:
andrew@AndrewMcCrea.com
Episodes
A Look Back at the Kennedy Assassination
9/22/2023
In the tragic events that unfolded in Dallas when President Kennedy was assassinated, we may forget that a police officer lost his life in the...
Duration:00:03:00
A Personal Connection to Jack Ruby
9/21/2023
In November of 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald shot President Kennedy. Just two days later, Jack Ruby shot Oswald. Deputy Eugene Boone soon found the assassination...
Duration:00:03:00
Searching the Texas School Book Depository
9/20/2023
In the early afternoon of November 22nd, 1963, Deputy Eugene Boone was searching the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository shortly after President...
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Watching the Presidential Motorcade
9/19/2023
Deputy Eugene Boone was watching President Kennedy’s motorcade pass Main Street on November 22, 1963. But just moments after the president’s car traveled down the...
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The Famous Willard Hotel Bar
9/18/2023
The round bar at the Willard Hotel has been the places where generations of politicians, celebrities and power brokers have forged deals, shared conversations or...
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The Other House for the President
9/15/2023
The President, of course, lives in the White House. But over the decades, when a president or president-elect has needed another place to stay the...
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Opening & Closing the Old Faithful Inn
9/14/2023
Depending on where live in the country, you sometimes have to ready your home for the cold winter months. Now image getting a 300-plus room...
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Yellowstone by Stagecoach
9/13/2023
Today you can take a highway loop to the sites at Yellowstone National Park. In the days before cars, that trip was made in a...
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An Inn by the Geysers
9/12/2023
In the latter half of the 1800s, explorers and early visitors to what is today Yellowstone National Park were amazed by the area’s geysers –...
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The Van Doren Brothers
9/11/2023
The Van Doren brothers hailed from Vermilion County, Illinois. Their father saw great potential in his sons and even made a move to get them...
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Mr. Speaker
9/8/2023
The Speaker of the House is an important position in government and this man is often regarded as the man who dominated that role and...
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Joe Cannon’s Early Lessons
9/7/2023
What happens in a kid’s life can have an impact on what they do later in life. That was the case for Joe Cannon and...
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A Name Within a Name
9/6/2023
A name may say a lot about a person. In this case, there was a man’s name within a man’s name. It was his parents...
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The Landmark Golf Course
9/5/2023
You won’t find a big sign for this place and you’ll travel down plenty of gravel roads to reach it – but many people do. ...
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Traveling Gravel Roads to Golf
9/4/2023
“Landmand” is the Danish word for farmer and in northeast Nebraska you’ll find a place that recently opened with that name. It’s a nod to...
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A Piece of Ground that Stands Out
9/1/2023
Bryce Andersen’s family had a piece of ground that stood out, but for the wrong reasons. It was just too hilly to farm, and they...
Duration:00:03:00
Stephen Douglas Birthplace
8/31/2023
Abraham Lincoln led the country through the Civil War…but it was this man who defeated him for the senate just two years prior. We’ll go...
Duration:00:03:00
An Aviation Pioneer
8/30/2023
Carl Ben Eielson hailed from Hatton, North Dakota. He was a pioneer in aviation and helped open the vast Alaskan territory to air travel. It...
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Bringing the First Airplane to Alaska
8/29/2023
In the 1920 a guy named Carl brought the first airplane to Fairbanks, Alaska. What took place from there would put him in the record...
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Carl Ben Eielson
8/28/2023
If you live in the states of North Dakota or Alaska, you quite likely have heard of Carl Ben Eielson. His aviation firsts in the...
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