Posted in American Countryside Arizona

San Marcos Resort

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/27Mar15-San-Marcos-Resort.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.7MB) Phoenix, Arizona has plenty of golf resorts that attract thousands of visitors, but ask someone who established the first…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas City Missouri

From Board Room to the Classroom

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/26Mar15-Bloch-Brothers-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.8MB) What happens when the CEO of a major corporation decides he wants to begin teaching middle school math? It’s…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas City Missouri

H&R Block Career Change

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/25Mar15-Bloch-Brothers-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.8MB) Tom Bloch’s father and uncle founded H&R Block, a company that Tom eventually led as CEO. But there was…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas City Missouri

H&R Block

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/24Mar15-Bloch-Brothers-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.8MB) There are some folks that think they can run your business better than you can. In this case, the…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas City Missouri

The Bloch Brothers

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/23Mar15-Bloch-Brothers-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.8MB) Very few people like to figure their taxes and even fewer like to pay them. But this pair of…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

Oklahoma Oil

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/20Mar15-Oklahoma-Oil-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB) The price of oil is a figure many Americans closely follow. Now imagine a time when the price dipped…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

Striking Oil at the Governor’s Mansion

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/19Mar15-Oklahoma-Oil-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB) If you struck oil underneath your home, well you might just move in order to strike it rich. But…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

Glen Miller – Musician and Soldier

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/18Mar15-Glen-Miller-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB) He was one of the most famous Americans in the early 1940s…a man who was making up to $20,000…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

Glen Miller – Hitmaker

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/17Mar15-Glen-Miller-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB) Even if you are not old enough to have enjoyed this man’s music when he originally created it, there’s…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

It Started with a Trombone

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/16Mar15-Glen-Miller-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)   The gentleman who ran a store in Grant City, Missouri could have never imagined what would happen when…

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Posted in American Countryside

Clark’s Trading Post

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/13March15-Clarks-Trading-Post-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.7MB) Imagine a animal show where bears bolted from the stage to barrel past tourist and make a break for…

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Posted in American Countryside

A Roadside Stopper

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/12March15-Clarks-Trading-Post-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB) Along I-93 in northern New Hampshire you’ll find a spot that’s been attracting families for three and four generations…

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A Place Called Hildene

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/11March15-Hildene-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.7MB) Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky and lived most of his adult years in Illinois. But where did future…

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Posted in American Countryside

The Son of a US President

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/10March15-Hildene-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.7MB) Being the son of a U.S. president has its perks. However, it does provide a very high bar of…

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Posted in Blog History Presidents Scenic Route Texas

Scenic Route: Inside the ER After the JFK Assassination

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/11/ScenicRoute-016.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 17:07 — 15.7MB)Phyllis Hall was a nurse at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, and she was on duty on November 22, 1963, the…

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Posted in Blog History Illinois Missouri National Historic Site National Park Service Tourism Travel

6 St. Louis Spots History Lovers Shouldn’t Miss

A lot of visitors to St. Louis may catch a Cardinals game, take in the world-class zoo, or ride to the top of the St….

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Posted in Blog Caribbean History Maryland New York Ohio Tourism Travel

Five Places to Find Columbus in the New World Today

In Fourteen Hundred and Ninety Two, Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue. And ever since, people have been building monuments to him. In fact, one Internet…

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Posted in American Revolution Blog National Historic Site National Memorial National Monument National Park Service Tourism Travel Washington, DC

Six D.C. Sites to Visit During a Government Shutdown

I was just in the nation’s capital gathering audio for our daily broadcasts.  For tourists, the government shutdown means many of the sites they planned…

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Posted in Blog History Scenic Route

Scenic Route – Conversation with an Assassin

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/10/ScenicRoute-015.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 21:28 — 14.7MB)Pierce Allman was working as a young man at a Dallas radio station in November 1963. He was only feet…

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Posted in Blog Missouri

Fame in Scotland County

This week, Andrew will take a look at Ella Ewing of Scotland County, Missouri. She was once known as the tallest woman in the world,…

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