Today we look at the life of Martha Jane Canary.  If that name doesn’t ring a bell, you’ll certainly know here when I provide her...

Hello to our listeners on KAAN radio serving northern MO and southern IA.  We are in Princeton, MO today to take a look at one...

On the surface, this old train station in Springfield, IL may not seem to be that important.  However, when you consider the bookends it represented...

When people move, they often put some items up for sale and place others in the trash.  Now imagine it is the president elect of...

The shots at Ft. Sumter in April of 1861 are often considered the first military action of the Civil War.  However, one could make a...

In the years just ahead of the Civil War, thousands of people came to Kansas ahead of a critical vote on whether the new state...

Imagine getting engaged to someone you only knew through letters.  That’s what happened here, thanks to one young lady who helped make some food for...

It was a massive volunteer effort involving people from well over a hundred communities scattered across western Nebraska and beyond.  What they accomplished is still...

Rae Wilson went to the depot to give her brother a Christmas gift.  When he did not arrive, a new idea came to mind and...

The population of North Platte, Nebraska is about 23,000 people.  That’s also about the number you might find working at one place in town.  It’s...