American Countryside

Joe Torrillo was ready to unveil a new action figure for a giant toy company in New York City.  However, the ceremony would not take place that day.  Instead, Joe’s intuition told him to turn the wheel of the car and head to lower Manhattan.  We remember 9-11 25 years later…

Today we begin a series of programs as we look back 25 years to the events of 9-11.  Our guest is a man who was a firefighter on site that day…

Most taverns are places were you can sit down and get a strong drink.  That’s what makes this tavern quite unique, for it served no alcohol and became an important spot for another secretive operation…

If you were one of the most well-known players in major league history, perhaps it would be hard to come back to your small town and live a normal life.  This man returned to the farm and today large crowds, including some of the best pitchers in the game, come to honor him each year…

The best baseball pitcher in each league receives this award – an award named for arguably the best pitcher to ever throw a baseball…

This well-known baseball pitcher got his name because of what his throws did to the family’s barn…

Kansas is the Sunflower State, so it shouldn’t surprise you that in Goodland, Kansas you’ll find a very, very large sunflower…

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…

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…

In the days just after the Civil War there was a large financial incentive to move cattle from Texas to points northward.  What resulted were cattle drives of immense size moving north on the high plains…