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
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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Shooting Over a Bad Debt
5/8/2025
In a movie “western” you might see two gunslingers fire their pistols at each other in the town square. That’s exactly what happened here. It...
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Unsettled Scores
5/7/2025
When the Civil War ended, there were still many unsettled scores of course. Towns along the border with North and South were especially prone to...
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Named for Lincoln Before He was President
5/6/2025
It’s common that towns, school and other sites are named in honor of U.S. Presidents. So it’s natural that most people believe this town was...
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The Phone Booth on Top of City Hall
5/5/2025
Today technology can help us predict and spot several storms that may be headed our way. Of course, there was a time when that was...
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Fort Jesup
5/2/2025
There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of this fort, yet it was very important in the United State’s war that acquired much of today’s...
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The Parts of the Louisiana Purchase
5/1/2025
When the United States made the Louisiana Purchase they didn’t get all of today’s state of Louisiana. Today I’ll take you to the part they...
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The Simpson’s Springfield
4/30/2025
There are many towns in this country named Springfield, but only one can be home to this fictional tv family. That designation brings several people...
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Springfield, Vermont History
4/29/2025
There is some evidence this place in Vermont was in the crosshairs of the German military during World War II if their planes were to...
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The Old Round Church
4/28/2025
A church doesn’t want to leave any place for the devil to hide. This old church took that to heart and built a place with...
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Hyde Cabin
4/25/2025
The oldest log cabin in New England is on an island in Vermont. It’s a spot you can visit today, and for those that do,...
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Lake Champlain
4/24/2025
In the northeastern part of Vermont you’ll find Lake Champlain, and in that body of water there are the Hero Islands. So who is the...
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Henry David Thoreau
4/23/2025
Many writers take inspiration from nature. That is certain true for this man who is known to take long walks and then come back to...
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The Shot Heard ‘Round the World
4/22/2025
It is know as the “shot heard ‘round the world.” It was the shot considered to have begun the American Revolution in Concord, Massachusetts…
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A Meeting at the Old North Bridge
4/21/2025
It’s been about 250 years since British Regulars met Citizens of Concord, known as the Provincials at the Old North Bridge. That confrontation began the...
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Shreveport; and the Shroud of Turin
4/18/2025
Although the Shroud of Turin is located in Italy, the research and a traveling exhibit about it have connections to this country and specifically the...
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