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Bob Ford
4 min read
You can’t get there from here until Ike paved the way!
Worried about the Army's ability to move men and equipment between military bases, an Army convoy was ordered to travel coast to coast...
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Bob Ford
5 min read
When in doubt, send in a General from Missouri to save the world [part 2]
The Americans joined the war after President Wilson and Congress concluded now was the right time to step in and assist in saving the Allies
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Bob Ford
4 min read
Look up in the sky, it's a balloon!
Living in 1783 Paris, the Montgolfier brothers are considered the Yuri Gagarin of ballooning. Their family owned a paper manufacturing...
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Bob Ford
3 min read
Amelia's impact
Not to be deterred, back in Atchison, Amelia, Grace and her favorite uncle secretly built their own roller coaster off the roof of the...
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Jim Zbick
3 min read
A Christmas miracle 80 years ago
Bastogne was a key engagement in the Battle of the Bulge, the largest on the European front during World War II...
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Bob Ford
4 min read
A Christmas truce: Peach on Earth
Kaiser William II of Germany, for morale, decided to send hundreds of Tannenbaum trees to his troops who were in deep trenches enduring...
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Bob Ford
4 min read
Mustangs unseat Cowboys, Beavers devour Trees, they give a Dam!
Minor league baseball has some of the great wacky names and mascots: The Hartford Yard Goats, Lansing Lug Nuts, Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimps..
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Luanna Fullerton
3 min read
Ozarks Alive: Death, funeral and burial traditions
At her talk, “Buried History: Death, Funeral and Burial Customs of the Ozarks,” Kaitlyn took us on a journey through discussion and photos..
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Bob Ford
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Day two at the Battle of Shiloh: A rebel nightmare
That night both sides realized the enormous cost of the day's fighting. The dead and dying still littered the field as medical teams did...
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Bob Ford
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Irena Sendler: Truly an amazing hero [part 2]
Even in Poland, Irena’s story had remained dormant and forgotten until the girls showed new light from a different generation...
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Bob Ford
3 min read
Irena Sendler: Truly an unsung hero [part 1]
Warsaw, Poland, had the largest population of Jews in Europe. In September of 1939 after swiftly conquering Poland and employing perverse...
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Bob Ford
3 min read
Evel Knievel: Jumping into history
The Evel Knievel Museum in Topeka will soon be on the Vegas Strip or in a theme park, it’s that good. Movies, TV shows, pinball machines...
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