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


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The Yo-Yo Museum

6/5/2025
When a small store in Chico, California decided to have some fun and create a local yo yo contest, they never imagined what it might...

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A Crane for a Yo-Yo

6/4/2025
Imagine a yo you so large you needed a crane to lift it. That’s exactly what this man created and the stunt helped his innovations...

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A Museum for a Toy

6/3/2025
We’ve all seen them. Many of us played with them as a toy. Perhaps you didn’t know it’s origin and that there is a museum...

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The Smell Coming From the Place

6/2/2025
There’s a smell coming from the place Pete works. It’s an odor that actually attracts rather than repels people, for those smells are from some...

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When Cattle Ranchers and Sheep Herders Clashed

5/30/2025
There was a time when cattle ranchers and sheep herders clashed, sometimes violently, in the western U.S. This town saw it’s share of unfriendly encounters...

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When a Way of Life Was Changed Forever

5/29/2025
In the fall of 1879, an unfortunate set of events led to a clash between Native Americans and white settlers in northwestern Colorado. Several men...

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The Town of Meeker, Colorado

5/28/2025
In western Colorado you’ll find the town of Meeker. It’s the surname of a family sent here in the 1870s for a job with the...

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Harper’s Ferry

5/27/2025
He is a man of legend…a man whose story may be larger than life…a renegade who history now looks upon as a catalyst to the...

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The Site of Events That Would Change the World

5/26/2025
It was the site of events that would change the history of this nation and in turn influence the world. While the town is now...

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The Wendover Airfield Museum

5/23/2025
Wendover, Utah is home to a closed air base that still has many features of the days when it was in operation. In fact, this...

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Part of the Nuclear Weapon Development Plan

5/22/2025
As World War II raged in Europe and in the Pacific, scientists worked to develop a nuclear weapon that could end that war. Part of...

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An Important Story of America

5/21/2025
When you head west from Salt Lake City you cross the Salt Lake Desert and the first town you’ll come to is on the state...

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The Celebration of Cinco de Mayo

5/20/2025
Many Americans celebrate Cinco de Mayo every May, but the date does not garner as much attention in Mexico. So why does the commemoration of...

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Columbia, California

5/19/2025
Southeast of Sacramento you’ll find many towns that trace their roots to the gold rush days of the late 1840s. One such town is Columbia,...

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The History of Baker, Montana

5/16/2025
Most people don’t look at a road atlas these days when they need to go somewhere. However, if you visit Baker, Montana, you might appreciate...

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The Famous Steer from Baker, Montana

5/15/2025
Most steers don’t live to the age of 15 years old. When one does, well, there’s probably an interesting story behind him. That’s the case...

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The Steer that Became Quite the Show

5/14/2025
In the 1920s and 30s, one farmer in southeastern Montana was raising some of the largest steers the country had ever seen. In fact, one...

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Fort Saint Jean Baptiste

5/13/2025
Within the boundaries of one of northwest Louisiana’s larger cities, you’ll find an old fort. It was this outpost around which today’s city grew and...

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Home to the Caddo Nation

5/12/2025
In northwestern Louisiana you’ll find lands once the home to the Caddo Nation. When the first European explorers came here, they soon developed a trading...

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Winning An Old West Shootout

5/9/2025
John Sellers says the key to winning an old-west shootout was not quickness, but accuracy. And when you take into account how difficult it was...

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