Posted in American Countryside South Dakota

Going To A Stranger’s Home for a Free Meal

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/23Sep14-Hobo-Day-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you showed up at a strangers’ home and asked for a free meal, they  might slam the door in…

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Posted in American Countryside South Dakota

A Unique Homecoming Theme

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/22Sep14-Hobo-Day-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many high schools and colleges pick a theme for their football homecoming.  In Brookings, South Dakota the theme remains the same…perhaps…

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Posted in Alabama American Countryside

A Symbol of Freedom and Equality

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/19Sep14-Birmingham-Civil-Rights-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a church that symbolized the march for freedom and equality, yet it’s a site of blood spilled in the…

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Posted in Alabama American Countryside

A Place Dubbed Bombingham

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/18Sep14-Birmingham-Civil-Rights-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was time for change, but for those who spoke out, their life was in grave danger, in a place…

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Posted in Alabama American Countryside

Passionate for the Cause

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/17Sep14-Birmingham-Civil-Rights-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The attack on this pastor’s home was meant to kill him.  Instead, it inspired him.  In fact, those who wanted…

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Posted in American Countryside California

The Life of a Winemaker

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/16Sep14-California-Organic-Winemaker-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just as a chef might experiment with many ingredients to find the perfect dish, a winemaker works with a multitude of…

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Posted in American Countryside California

A Unique California Vineyard

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/15Sep14-California-Organic-Winemaker-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The state of California has great diversity in its agriculture.  Part of that industry is it’s thriving vineyards and wineries…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana

If You Build It, They Will Come–Two Grand Hotels

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/12Sep14-French-Lick-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the movie “Field of Dreams”, a farmer builds a baseball field in the middle of his corn field.  Perhaps the…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana

A Famous Front Porch

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/11Sep14-French-Lick-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Many homes have a front porch.  It can be a place to relax and simply enjoy the outdoors.  In this town,…

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Trophies From the Game of Basketball

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/10Sep14-Larry-Bird-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most museums will put the artifacts behind glass, not to be touched.  Sure it’s interesting to look, but it might…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana

The Birthplace of a Basketball Legend

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/09Sep14-Larry-Bird-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of our towns and cities have people that we look up to.  Perhaps they aren’t known to the rest of…

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The Birthplace of Stephen Douglas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/08Sep14-Stephen-Douglas-Birthplace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Abraham Lincoln led the country through the Civil War, but it was this man who defeated him for the Senate…

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Posted in American Countryside Virginia

Keep Your Clothes On! Inside Gadsby’s Tavern

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/05Sep14-Gadsbys-Tavern-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine staying in a hotel that encouraged you to sleep with your clothes and shoes on so that you could make…

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Posted in American Countryside Virginia

A Tavern With a Rich History

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/04Sep14-Gadsbys-Tavern-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Many of the homes and businesses in Alexandria, Virginia can trace their history to the founding of the nation.  That’s true…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

El Cuartelejo

Near Kansas’ border with Colorado you can find a place called El Cuartelejo.  It’s the ruins of an ancient home who’s occupants were on the run from…

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Pueblo Dwellings in Kansas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/02Sep14-Scott-City-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In western Kansas you can find the foundations for an old Native American settlement.  Perhaps that doesn’t seem too out of…

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A Natural Wonder of Kansas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/08/01Sep14-Monument-Rocks.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s one of the natural wonders of Kansas.  A place of white spires rising from the prairie plains that have been…

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Cyrus McCormick and His Threshing Machine

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/29Aug14-Cyrus-McCormick.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)For centuries, crops were cut and threshed by hand. That all changed with a young farmer in Virginia. This is…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana

Building a Utopian Society

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/28Aug14-New-Harmony-Indiana-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1825, Robert Own of Wales, purchased an entire town in the state of Indiana.  His dream was to create a…

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A Place Called Harmony

Harmony.  It might be defined as finding peace with one’s self and one another.  That’s what the people who established the town of Harmony were looking…

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