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From the quiet hometown hero to the up and coming entertainer, each American town is full of people with interesting stories.

Ask American Profile 11/19/2006

first appeared: 11/19/2006

Wild Mustangs of the Badlands

by Karen Karvonen

In 1988, Hyde bought an 11,000-acre ranch near Hot Springs, S.D. (pop. 4,129), to take in and release captured mustangs. He created the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary to protect not just wild horses and the prairies, but also America’s equine heritage.

first appeared: 11/12/2006

Making 'Kangaroo' Music

by Bob Gulla

first appeared: 11/12/2006

The Nation's Most Ordinary Citizen

by Marti Attoun

The 5-foot-8-inch, 190-pound Burns is such an average Joe that he’s the unpretentious star of the 2005 book The Average American: The Extraordinary Search for the Nation’s Most Ordinary Citizen by Kevin O’Keefe.

first appeared: 11/12/2006

Ask American Profile November 12, 2006

first appeared: 11/12/2006

Weaving Navajo Tradition

by Kathy Summers

D.Y. Begay holds centuries of Navajo history in her skillful hands as she weaves earth-inspired designs on her wooden loom. Creating Navajo rugs and blankets is a way of life for Begay, who was born in Tselani, Ariz., on the Navajo Indian Reservation.

first appeared: 11/5/2006

Remembered Soldiers, Forgotten War

by Marti Attoun

Ron Broward, 73, removes a ragged black-and-white snapshot from his wallet and recalls a birthday gift given to him 55 years ago by his childhood friend and fellow U.S. Marine, Warren Rarick.

first appeared: 11/5/2006

Ask American Profile 11/5/2006

first appeared: 11/5/2006

Having a Blast

by Vicki Cox

Dave “Cannonball” Smith, 63, kneels at the opening of his 33-foot-long, star-spangled cannon.

first appeared: 10/29/2006

Braving the Mighty Mississippi

by Alan Ross

I decided that one day I would leave my Williamson County (Tenn.) farmhouse, walk to the creek on the edge of my property, board a canoe, and paddle as long as it took to reach the high river banks of New Orleans,” says Guider, 57.

first appeared: 10/29/2006

Ask American Profile 10/29/2006

first appeared: 10/29/2006

Caring Coaches

by Jake Shaw

Whether he intends it or not, the head football coach becomes a major influence on his players, making personal impressions that will ring long after the final gun is sounded.

first appeared: 10/22/2006

Rockin' Role Models

by Pam Windsor

Seventh- and eighth-graders pour into the gym at South Laurel Middle School in Laurel, Ky., quickly filling the bleachers.

first appeared: 10/22/2006

Curator of Rock 'n' Roll

by Vivian Wagner

Today, Henke is just as meticulous in his work as the curator for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland.

first appeared: 10/22/2006

Ask American Profile 10/22/2006

first appeared: 10/22/2006

Ask American Profile 10/15/2006

first appeared: 10/15/2006

Training Rescue Teams

by Leah Ingram

“As a youngster I always had a dog, and I would train them to sit, stay and come,” says Melville, 72. “But I wanted to do more.”

first appeared: 10/15/2006

Handcrafting Fish Lures

by Marti Attoun

Working at his kitchen table bathed in natural light, Tony Smith of Holland, Mich. (pop. 35,048), skillfully carves a piece of basswood the size of his thumb into a lure

first appeared: 10/8/2006

Ask American Profile 10/08/2006

Trout Fishing in America, Ted Nugent, Bill Dance

first appeared: 10/8/2006

Devouring the West's Weeds

by Kathy Summers

Lani Malmberg wanders the meadows, hillsides and waterways of the West, hooked staff in hand, pitting 1,500 cashmere goats against pockets of unwanted weeds that infest the landscape.

first appeared: 10/1/2006

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