Nut Title Regained by Texas – It Took 30 Years
Sunday, April 29th, 20121982 was a rough year for Seguin, Texas — the year that it lost bragging rights as the Home of the World’s Largest Pecan.
Monument Shows That America Is More Centered
Friday, March 25th, 2011Ten years is a long time. But is it long enough to merit a monument? The village of Plato, Missouri, says “Yes!”
Roy Rogers: Happy Sales to You
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010When the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum (last located in Branson, Missouri) closed in December of 2009, fans of the cowcouple were concerned…where would the museum’s extensive collection of Western Memorabilia end up? In particular, what would become of the institution’s most iconic (and, frankly, somewhat disturbing) prized possession: the taxidermied hide of Roy’s horse, Trigger?
Missouri’s Dogged Love Of A Dog
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010Lewis and Clark, continental explorers, were big news during their extended 2003-2006 bicentennial (we stumbled across tributes to them in dozens of city parks and museums). It got so crazy, we thought, that North Dakota even erected a twice-life-size statue of “Seaman,” their dog. Lewis and Clark have since faded from public view — they’ll [...]
Waltzing Waters Back In Branson
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Technicolor rainbow spritzy liquid spectacular good news out of Branson, Missouri, where Waltzing Waters Theatre has reopened after years in mothballs.
Roadside News: Feb. 9, 2010
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Boneyard Makeover – NV | Epic Eagle – MO | Jet Wreck Bonanza – NC | Rebel Yell or Big Girlyman? – SC
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