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
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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The Octagon House
11/10/2023
Everyone knows the Pentagon is in Washington. But did you know the city is home to an Octagon as well? It may not be as...
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Springing Into Existence
11/9/2023
If a city grows quickly, we might say it sprang up overnight. This state capital literally sprang into existence in just one night. We go...
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Running to Get a Deal
11/8/2023
If you found a great deal on a house of a piece of land, we might say that we ran to get the deal. In...
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Double Service Daniel Boone
11/7/2023
Daniel Boone is one of the most famous American frontiersman. But when he crossed the Mississippi River, he went to work for a country other...
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History of St. Louis
11/6/2023
It’s one of the oldest and largest cities on the Mississippi River…and although some may have heard of names like Laclede and Chouteau…why did they...
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The Great Locomotive Chase
11/3/2023
It’s called the Great Locomotive Chase – an event that occurred in 1862 when a secret force of Union soldiers captured a confederate locomotive and...
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The Halfway Point for Lewis & Clark
11/2/2023
It was their goal…yet it was only the half way point of the trip…It was the Pacific Ocean that the Lewis and Clark party longed...
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