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In most states you can get a license to drive at the age of 16.  In this state you can get a license to do this at half that age.  This is the story of a demanding career that still attracts kids to the work... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you go to a nice restaurant that serves seafood, one of the highest dollar items is usually lobster.  A lot of folks think eating lobster is a delicacy worth the price.  However, in a moment I’ll take you to meet some long time lobsterman who tell the history of lobster and the f…

Today you could get a ticket if you don’t drive on your side of the road.  But in 1917, Dr. June McCarroll could not get drivers to understand what seems so obvious today... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dueling was a way to solve serious disputes early in our nation’s history.  However it’s this duel in 1859 that’s said to have ended the practice and changed American history in its wake... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Many 19th century immigrants came to the U.S. on ships.  When these enterprising men arrived, they found a unique use for their boat... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The eastern end of the Pony Express was in St. Joseph, Missouri.  You can still go and see the stables yet today.  So where was the other end of the route?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If your home or business flooded, you might seek higher ground.  Here, the people didn’t go somewhere else, they just began raising all of their buildings... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It was just an ordinary field until the winter of 1862.  That’s when floodwaters pushed onto the land and a town sprang up that would become one this state’s largest cities... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You’ve heard of Noah’s flood.  This city had it worse it terms of numbers of straight days of rain.  What resulted is an event still a part of the lore of this place... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.