Category: Travel
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Bob Dylan 2025 live: a most unique musical event
SPRINGFIELD, MO —My wife and I got tickets to see music legend Bob Dylan in concert March 28, 2025 at the Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts. Bob Dylan is 83 and began his music career in 1961. He’s written more than 6,000 songs and recorded 38 albums. He’s a legend, a mystical,… Read more
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Women motorcyclists are so prominent now
SPRINGFIELD, MO — I’m doing deliveries, minding my own business. A black, tinted full-face helmet and ripped tight jeans on a motorcycle at the intersection of cross traffic catches my attention. Wait, is that a… female biker? Yes! Later that same day, another woman, on a “crotch rocket” huddled over and determined to beat traffic,… Read more
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Truth: Cure for Branson’s dying entertainment scene
Branson event planners and organizers are in robot mode (read this next part in your robot reading voice: Pandemic. Can’t recover. Covid. Covid. Pandemic. Pandemic. Blah. Blah. Blah. Aren’t you glad for real publications like your Christian County Trumpet to blast the real reason why entertainment in Branson is tanking? Thought so! Why Branson entertainment… Read more
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Truth now: I made friends around the world without traveling!
BRANSON, MO — The following is a true story of how I made friends from around the world without traveling. It’s a heartwarming story of how I discovered a treasure in my own backyard. June, 2004. I’m working as a photographer at Silver Dollar City. Employees have lunch served in the “host lounge.” A slender… Read more
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Truth now: Has Silver Dollar City lost its spirit?
BRANSON, MO — Has America’s number one family theme park, Silver Dollar City, lost its spirit in the wake of woke culture? Please, no! A family friendly theme park, visited by millions, still dominates the tourism scene in southwest Missouri. I loved growing up visiting the park. The first time was in 1976 at age… Read more
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Sparta MO’s legendary racing story now uncovered!
CORNER STORIES Leggin’ It to Drag City: A Race Rig’s Journey Home The following article is taken from a May 22, 2019 publication from winslow.town. On May 10th, glass etcher Joe Benham and I were working at my renovation project next to the Standin’ on the Corner Park, blasting some old lettering off the windows, when around eight… Read more
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Part 3: Missouri hick goes alone to Mardi Gras New Orleans!
Rural Missouri hick gets a taste of New Orleans Mardi Gras all by his lonesome! Read more