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Your Tour Guide to America

Location:

Harlan, IA

Description:

Your Tour Guide to America

Language:

English

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Episodes

The Quivira of Kansas

10/2/2023
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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The Backcountry Horsemen

9/29/2023
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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Packing Explosives to Open the Trail

9/28/2023
Placing explosives on the backs of mules sounds like an unusual job, but it was just part of the work that Stu performed for years...

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The Outhouse on Top of the Mule

9/27/2023
We’ve all seen old time pictures of mule trains packing supplies to some remote location. However, Stu Sorenson will tell you those are not always...

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Lodges of Glacier

9/26/2023
We recently did some shows from the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park. Also impressive is another park lodge…this one in Glacier National Park. ...

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Establishing Glacier National Park

9/25/2023
Along Montana’s border with Canada you’ll find one of the most popular and most scenic national parks in the country. The story of how it...

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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...

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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...

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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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