the marathon was a disaster in many ways initially it looked like fred lorz had won the gold medal. it turns out that lorz had actually hitched a ride on a car for 11 miles before hoping off and running the last part of the race he comes into the stadium sort of relived and looking fairly good and he lets the charade go on for a while and finally fesses up thomas hicks actually won the race. his time slower than the next closest winning time. some give credit to the 04 world's fair for inventing things like the ice cream cone and iced tea in reality the fair didn't invent them, but rather popularized the new ideas. these events were a place where a century ago people to see things they could only imagine. the missouri history museum stands on the spot on that once grand entrance to the 1904 worlds fair and the third olympic games. this is still a place where you can come to see latest and greatest of the world. traveling the countryside in st.louis missouri, i'm andrew mccrea you can hear more of andrew's travels by visiting american countryside dot com, or checking out the farm jou