Riding an open car of the Midwest Electric Railway at the 59th Old Threshers Reunion at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.

Dan Clark and Shirley Calvert. Shirley reads her two new essays, "Shingles" and "The Project." Dan talks up the Old Threshers Reunion and invites listeners to join him in riding the trolleys there.

Dan Clark and local world-affairs blogger Keith Porter (usforeignpolicy.about.com) discuss conflict in Georgia and the Caucasus region near Muscatine's sister city Kislovodsk, Russia.

Dan Clark and Jeff Boldt, co-owner of a toy store (aplanetswild.com), discuss retail shops of downtown Muscatine, then and now.

Dan Clark speaks with Lorie Burton and Kayleen Teed about the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (so-called Mormons) in this area. They describe their Muscatine group and tell about the historical program and pioneer activities of the pageant held every summer at Nauvoo, Illinois. Learn more at http://www.historicnauvoo.net/pageant_details.cfm .