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 Battle of Verdin

5/26/2026
Strikes have been a part of the push and pull between labor and management for as long as one can remember. While those strikes can...

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The Arlington Ladies

5/25/2026
On Memorial Day, we remember our loved ones. But these ladies recognize our fallen soldiers today and every day of the year…

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The 1898 Illinois Coal Strike

5/22/2026
Most of us don’t think of the state of Illinois as a major coal mining region, however in the 1800s and early 1900s, this was...

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Small, But Mighty

5/21/2026
She was small in statue but mighty in the punch she carried. An Irish born lady who brought a message of hope and resilience to...

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The Mother With Souls Under Her Wing

5/20/2026
A mother cares for her sons and this mother had many adopted souls that she took under her wing. She was a fiery woman who...

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The International Peace Garden

5/19/2026
Some people plant flowers around their home every Spring. Now imagine you need to plant 70,000 or more of them. That’s what takes place here...

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A Memorial Along the International Border

5/18/2026
In the 1920s there was an effort to build a memorial along the international border between the U.S. and Canada. The idea was a park...

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A President’s Favorite Song

5/15/2026
It’s one of the best known songs of that past century. In fact, one president said it was his favorite. But then a lawsuit stopped...

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My Western Home

5/14/2026
You may not fancy yourself a poet, and you may have forgotten a poem called My Western Home. But in a moment you’ll find that...

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Farmer’s Branch, Texas

5/13/2026
The name Farmers Branch sums up the beginning of this place. A rich ag community along a north Texas stream. Today the landscape has changed…but...

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The Museum of Popcorn

5/12/2026
Many people like to get popcorn when the go to the movies. Initially though, theatres banned the snack because of the mess. A visit here...

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A Museum for Something Popular

5/11/2026
In Marion, Ohio you’ll find a museum that is the only one devoted to this in the world. That fact is interesting in light of...

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Old State Bank Currency

5/8/2026
One, five, ten, twenty? Now imagine there were more denominations and dozens of different types of bills in circulation. What you would have is a...

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Inside Fort Knox

5/7/2026
When most of us hear of Fort Knox, we think of gold. While gold is there, there is much more to the story, for this...

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The Biggest Vault of All

5/6/2026
Whether you have any or not, many of us are fascinated by gold. It’s the storyline of many a tv show and movie. Where can...

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Where Is the Nation’s Gold?

5/5/2026
Everyone knows that much of the nation’s gold is at Fort Knox. Or is it? That’s the question many wondered a few decades back…

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A Heavily Fortified Treasury

5/4/2026
You’ve heard of the gold at Fort Knox, and while we can’t go inside the vault, we do know much about the beginnings of that...

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Moving to the Gold Standard

5/1/2026
During the depths of the US Depression in the 1930s, the federal government took several steps to spur the economy. One was forcing the sale...

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Inside Tuckaleeche Caverns

4/30/2026
For centuries people have recognized the natural beauty along the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, but Steven Fananda’s family is hoping visitors want to...

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Results of a Six Year Old’s Wandering

4/29/2026
Kids may go exploring when they have nothing better to do…and sometimes those adventures can lead to trouble. But for this family…a wandering six year...

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