Posted in American Countryside Ohio

The Non-Electric Shopping Mall

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/26Mar21-Lehmans-Amish-Store-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you lived without electricity…either by choice or simply because of the location you lived…where would you go to find…

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Posted in American Countryside Ohio

A Successful Business That’s Behind the Times

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/25Mar21-Lehmans-Amish-Store-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you’re going to do well in business you have to stay up with the times…but for jay Lehman…doing the…

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Posted in American Countryside North Carolina

The Amazing Invention with Little Attention

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/24Mar21-Wright-Brothers-Kittyhawk-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was an event so important that it had to be captured on film…yet when it actually occurred, few would…

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Posted in American Countryside North Carolina

Preparing for Flight

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/23Mar21-Wright-Brothers-Kittyhawk-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s one of those locations that when you say the name of the place, there’s just one event that pops…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana

Vincennes Rendezvous

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/22Mar21-Vincennes-Rendevous.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1779, soldiers of the American Revolution set foot here to capture lands for the new United States.  Over two…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

What One Man Did with the Skeletons in His Closet

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/19Mar21-Osteology-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jay has a lot of skeletons in his closet.  Oh, but there’s much more.  He has skeletons just about everywhere…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

Unearthing a Career

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/18Mar21-Osteology-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jay’s father could have scolded him for what he’d unearthed.  Most parents would say, “Put down that filthy thing!”  His…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

Where the Delta Meets the Ozarks

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/17Mar21-Powhatan-Arkansas-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we welcome our listeners in southern MO and northern AR on 92.3 KSAR.  Folks there may know of a…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

Remembering Powhatan, Arkansas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/16Mar21-Powhatan-Arkansas-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Powhatan, Arkansas.  However, this was once a thriving city with steamboat traffic…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

West of the Mississippi to Illinois

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/15Mar21-Kaskaskia-Illinois-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we head west of the Mississippi River to the state of Illinois.  Yes, that is correct…we’re heading west across…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

Liberty Bell of the West

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/12Mar21-Kaskaskia-Illinois-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Liberty Bell tolled for freedom in Philadelphia…or was it really in the state of Illinois.  The surprising answer to…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

The Mighty Kaskaskia, Illinois

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/11Mar21-Kaskaskia-Illinois-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Roll back the clock 250 years and this city’s population might rival some of the largest towns on the east…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

The Historic Trees of Hero’s Park

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/03/10Mar21-Carrollton-MO-Heros-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many towns have memorials to veterans.  So, at first glance, the memorial in Carrollton, Missouri, while nice, may seem like…

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Posted in American Countryside California

Surviving the Rescue Attempt

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/02/09Mar21-Tom-Crosby-POW-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)American troops had finally made it to Manilla and were attempting to free POWs like Tom Crosby.  Just when things…

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Posted in American Countryside California

December 7th in Manilla

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/02/04Mar21-Tom-Crosby-POW-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Life was good for eight year old Tom Crosby, an American living in Manilla in 1941.  Then December 7th came,…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

The Making of a Real-Life Superhero

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/02/03Mar21-Evel-Knievel-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There was no stunt he wouldn’t consider.  And because of his daredevil nature, some have called him the first, real-life…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

Jumping the Grand Canyon?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/02/02Mar21-Evel-Knievel-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There was always something new he just had to try.  Something different that would excite and audience and bring out…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

Evel, Not Evil

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/02/01Mar21-Evel-Knievel-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It all began with a motorcycle jump in a local parade that went awry.  Soon snakes were slithering towards spectators…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

No Man’s Land

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/02/26Feb21-Boise-City-Oklahoma-Dust-Bowl-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the only county in the nation that border’s five different states.  Some have called it “No Man’s Land” but…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

Black Sunday

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/02/25Feb21-Boise-City-Oklahoma-Dust-Bowl-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The date was April 14th, 1935 in Boise City, Oklahoma.  What began as a beautiful Sunday morning turned into something…

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