American Countryside
Throwing Cow Pies
Most of us have heard of cow chip throwing contests. Maybe you’ve even been a part of one. The novelty event today is actually tied to an important means of survival when settlers were heading west...
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The Changing Routes of the Cattle Market
Maybe you once watched old shows like Rawhide and Gunsmoke. Those shows depicted cattle drives in the late 1800s. What you may not realize is those shows were tied to the changing routes that cattle were moved north to market...
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The Cemetery That Drew a Crowd
Most cemeteries are peaceful memorials to those who have passed. That was the case here, until one of the newly interred brought so many visitors, he had to be moved...
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The Waters
When the first pioneers set about buildings homes and towns they often looked for a good water source to sustain the settlement. That’s the case here, and the water source even became the very name of the town...
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The Unusual Goat Gland Doctor
You can still find the mansion and the hotel here in Del Rio, Texas of a once prominent and controversial doctor who touted his cures around the world. His chicanery brought him riches, but also brought him to the courts...
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A Million Watt Radio Station
We are thankful for the many stations that air our broadcasts every day, but nothing could match the power of this renegade station and the man behind it. He was the doctor with a million watt station...
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A Rebel With a Home Town
It’s the hometown of the creator of Garfield, Jim Davis…but it’s the other hometown hero that gets the big celebration...
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A Hometown Hero
He was just 24 years old when he died in a traffic accident…yet for the annual celebrations of his life and career in acting, one might think he lived for a century...
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Uncovering Treasure in Lost Luggage
Some describe it as a hunt for lost treasure. Others think it would be like hitting the lottery. It’s a unique hunt through the lost luggage of the airlines to see the valuable and not-so-valuable items we’ve left behind...
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Losing Parts of Your F-16
Who would pack a surfboard in their luggage to go on an airplane? Someone did, and then lost the surfboard. Someone else took a pair of McDonalds golden arches – and then there’s the person that lost the guidance system to a F16. The unique menagerie all wound up here...
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