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Harlan, IA
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Your Tour Guide to America
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English
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Episodes
A Political Party That Survives Today
12/8/2023
You may have thought this political party died when this became legal again back in the 1930s. You’ll be intrigued by the history of the...
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Heisman Winner Bruce Smith
12/7/2023
December 7th 1941. It was a day of travel for this standout college football player, but as the events of Pearl Harbor unfolded, he knew...
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Celebrating Minnesota’s Only Heisman Winner
12/6/2023
Today we say hello to our listeners on KDHL in Faribault, MN. Listeners there know there is one athlete that put this town on the...
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The Moonshine Cafe
12/5/2023
Imagine serving hundreds of people out of a small store in very rural Illinois. That’s the setting that takes place many a summer day, a...
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A Little Bit of Moonshine
12/4/2023
If I told you people were traveling hundreds of miles to this spot for moonshine, you’d probably think there was some illegal alcohol flowing in...
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The Boyhood Home of Wyatt Earp
12/1/2023
Mention the name Wyatt Earp and folks often quickly think of the shootout at the OK Corral. You certainly aren’t wrong for having those images,...
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The Pella Skyline
11/30/2023
Some cities have skyscrapers that dominate the skyline. When you live in a small town, it could well be the water tower that is the...
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Planting 300,000 Flowers
11/29/2023
Some people plant flowers each Spring to spruce up the place they live or work. Now image you have 300,000 flowers to plant. That’s the...
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Creating a New Home in a New Land
11/28/2023
When about 800 folks wearing strange clothes begin crossing the nation, they are bound to get noticed. That was the case for this group that...
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The A.D. Makepeace Farm
11/27/2023
It’s hard to imagine a farm growing a crop from vines that are over a century old. But that’s exactly the case here. Some of...
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Flooding the Fields
11/24/2023
Most farmers want to avoid a flood that drenches their crops. Here, it’s just part of the process to keep the vines growing and getting...
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A Place Once Known for Mining Iron
11/23/2023
It’s hard to image that a place once known for mining iron would become an area that later was recognized for growing bountiful crops, but...
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The First Farmers in America
11/22/2023
They were the first farmers in America…growing the crops, fruits and vegetables to sustain their tribe as well as some famous visitors in the fall...
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An Important Part of Lewis & Clark’s Journey
11/21/2023
It is said that there are more statues in America of this lady than any other. Quite an accomplishment considering she probably never thought of...
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Lewis & Clark’s First Winter
11/20/2023
Lewis and Clark spent two winters away from home on their trip to the Pacific Ocean…the first winter was cold and the second one wet. ...
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A Gift from the President and First Lady
11/17/2023
What do you give as a gift to someone who has meant a great deal to you throughout your life? First Lady Mamie Eisenhower had...
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The Birthplace of a First Lady
11/16/2023
General and US President Dwight Eisenhower hailed from Abilene KS. The first lady to be, hailed from here… That location is one of the few...
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Retuning the Belongs of Dick Shafer
11/15/2023
Many towns across this country sent men and women overseas during World War II. And in many of those same towns we honor those who...
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The History of Boone, Iowa
11/14/2023
Boone, Iowa is about 30 minutes north and slightly west of Des Moines. These fertile farm fields also yielded some other industries that built a...
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Architect William Thornton
11/13/2023
When the British entered the Washington, D.C. during the War of 1812, they burned many of the government’s buildings, including the residence of the president. ...
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