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The Most Trusted Man in America

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/05Jan23-Walter-Cronkite-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The most trusted man in America.  That’s quite a title and it was often used when referring to a broadcaster…

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A Trusted Broadcaster

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/04Jan23-Walter-Cronkite-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We live in a time when some folks love to throw around the term, “fake news.”  Perhaps it’s warranted in…

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Posted in American Countryside North Dakota

Saving An Old Schoolhouse

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/03Jan23-Nome-Schoolhouse-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The schoolhouse in Nome, North Dakota saw its last students in 1970.  The old building would have been demolished a…

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The Story of a Farm-Based Business

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/02Jan23-Nome-Schoolhouse-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When your sales increase to the point you need to expand your business, that’s usually a good thing.  That was…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of

The Best of 2022 – Big Ben the Steer

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/30Dec22-Best-of-2022-Ben-the-Steer.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He is the biggest steer on record – a beef that was over 16 feet in length and weighed well…

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The Best of 2022 – Mean Green Jolly Giant

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/29Dec22-Best-of-2022-Green-Giant.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people have a green thumb, and it certainly seemed the farmers in southern Minnesota were experts at growing peas. …

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The Best of 2022 – Big Bend Museum

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/28Dec22-Best-of-2022-Big-Bend.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In a moment I’ll take you to a small room, about the size of a large walk-in closet, that’s insured…

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The Best of 2022 – The Piggy Bank

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/27Dec22-Best-of-2022-Piggy-Bank.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Maybe you had a piggy bank as a child, or perhaps you still do.  In a moment I’ll take you…

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The Best of 2022 – Ray Starling

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/26Dec22-Best-of-2022-Ray-Starling.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was Ray’s first time in the Oval Office and he did not want to mess up his presentation.  He…

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Posted in American Countryside New York

The Night Before Christmas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/23Dec22-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We know the words of “’twas the night before Christmas;” words that helped solidify the image of Santa over 200…

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Posted in American Countryside Michigan

Bronner’s Christmas Store

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/22Dec22-Bronners-Christmas-Store.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If Santa Claus needed a place to buy all of his decorations, this would be it. It’s big business in…

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Posted in American Countryside Utah

From Military Post to Ghost Town

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/21Dec22-Camp-Floyd-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For three years, 3500 soldiers served alongside one another in Utah Territory.  It was the largest military outpost in the…

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Putting Down a Mormon Rebellion

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/20Dec22-Camp-Floyd-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the summer of 1858 U.S. soldiers went to Utah to put down a supposed Mormon rebellion.  However, their three…

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Camp Floyd

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/19Dec22-Camp-Floyd-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1857 rumors of rebellion made it to the oval office.  President James Buchannan ordered troops to head to the…

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Posted in American Countryside Nebraska

A Small Town Grocery Store

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/16Dec22-Friend-Nebraska-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you live in or near a very small town, it’s a big blow when you lose your grocery store. …

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Posted in American Countryside Nebraska

You’ve Got a Friend in Friend

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/15Dec22-Friend-Nebraska-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes you need a good friend. In this case, the good friend is the entire town.  After all, it’s in…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

Blue & Gold Sausage

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/14Dec22-Blue-Gold-Sausage.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This FFA advisor found a fund raiser that was so successful, he had to quit teaching just to operate the…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

Kidder Massacre

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/13Dec22-Kidder-Massacre.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today messages can be relayed to a military patrol within a split second.  But in the 1860s, it took a…

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The Goodland Flying Machine

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/12Dec22-Goodland-Helicopter.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The first operational helicopters took flight in the 1930s.   Widespread production of the aircraft didn’t occur for another decade…

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The Cowboy War

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/09Dec22-Leota-Cowboy-War-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was proclaimed the Cowboy War by national newspapers.  It was truly a battle that required some of the biggest…

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