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Who Is the Author of the 13th Amendment?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/11/09Nov21-John-Brooks-Henderson-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)On a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River you’ll find a bust of a U.S. Senator who authored one of the…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

John Brooks Henderson

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/11/08Nov21-John-Brooks-Henderson-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s a good chance you’ve not heard of Senator John Brooks Henderson.  On the surface he seemed an unlikely man…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

New Melleray’s Caskets

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/05Nov21-New-Mellary-Abbey-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When people began attending funeral’s here, many had the exact same reaction.  They mentioned that when they passed, they wanted…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

New Melleray’s Timber Transformed

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/04Nov21-New-Mellary-Abbey-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)These men had about 3500 acres of farmland, pasture and timber.  However, tilling the land they owned was becoming more…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

Monks of the Union Army

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/03Nov21-New-Mellary-Abbey-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Who helped supply the Union army’s depot in Galena, IL during the Civil War?  The monks at this abbey of…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

How a World Class Italian Restaurant Wound up in Rural Kansas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/02Nov21-Mulvane-Kansas-Restaurant-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you love Italian food perhaps you dream of a trip to Tuscany in Italy to savor the true tastes…

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The Unique Route From Tuscany to Kansas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/01Nov21-Mulvane-Kansas-Restaurant-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Nancy grew up in small town Kansas but had a desire to see the country and the world.  For several…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

Tombstone’s Birdcage Theatre

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/29Oct21-Birdcage-Theater-Arizona.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Over one hundred years ago it was a destination all the top entertainers hit while touring the southwest.  Today it…

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Posted in American Countryside New York

Exactly How Many Islands?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/28Oct21-Uncle-Sam-Boat-Tour-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They say there are one thousand islands here.  Ron knows the exact number though, a number that may surprise the…

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A 19th Century Island Getaway

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/27Oct21-Uncle-Sam-Boat-Tour-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today the wealthy might take a jet to a private island in some sunny spot on the globe.  Over a…

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Posted in American Countryside New York

Touring the Thousand Islands

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/26Oct21-Uncle-Sam-Boat-Tour-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s an area of New York state and Canada known as the Thousand Islands region – a place that draws…

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Posted in American Countryside New York

I’ll Wait for the Uncle Sam

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/25Oct21-Uncle-Sam-Boat-Tour-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes the name of a boat is a big deal.  Ron’s family had the perfect name for a boat, a…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana

Completing a Castle

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/22Oct21-Boldt-Castle-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a grand project that employed a hundred workers or more, building a castle on an island in New…

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Building a Castle for your Love

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/21Oct21-Boldt-Castle-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)George immigrated from Prussia in the 1800s and settled in New York City.  His hard work paid off and he…

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Posted in American Countryside Pennsylvania

Betsy Ross’ Flag

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/20Oct21-Betsy-Ross.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Americans are fond of their flag.  It is a symbol of freedom, of hope, and of bravery.  The flag unites…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

History of Barbed Wire

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/19Oct21-Barbed-Wire-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Drive down just about any country road and you’ll see it.  You may have never thought it would be worthy…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana

Giant Sycamore Stump

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/18Oct21-Kokomo-Sycamore-Stump.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many folks enjoy trees in their yard that provide shade on a summer day and beauty with the fall colors. …

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Kokomo Opalescent Glass

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/15Oct21-Kokomo-Glass-Company-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When your product is estimated to be found in seventy-five percent of the world’s churches, you know your company has…

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The Amazing Torches of Kokomo

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/14Oct21-Kokomo-Glass-Company-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Dig into the photo archives around Kokomo, Indiana and you’re bound to find plenty of pictures, commonplace in the 1880s,…

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What is It?  How do you Spell it?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/13Oct21-Kokomo-Glass-Company-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jeff Shaw owns a company in which he has to answer two questions quite often – What is it and…

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