Gene Beckman grew up as an only child on a family farm in the town of Cole Camp, smack in the middle of Missouri. As a boy, he only spoke Plattdüütsch, a dialect of low German.

COLE CAMP, Mo. (KY3) - A 17-year-old from the Ozarks performed his way onto “The Voice.” Cole Camp native Trevon Dawson ...

Listen to this episode of A People's History Of Kansas City, a new podcast from KCUR 89.3. For more stories like this one, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and Stitcher. Gene Beckman ...