Posted in American Countryside Iowa

What Cheer, Iowa’s Opera House

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/03Jan23-What-Cheer-Iowa-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I’ve always been fascinated by some of the old opera houses in small towns across America. Those buildings often have…

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A Town With An Intriguing Name

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/02Jan23-What-Cheer-Iowa-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you see this town on the map or perhaps find yourself passing through it on a trip across Iowa,…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of

Best of 2023: The Offer to the Bily Brother

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/01Jan23-Best-of-2023-Bily-Brothers.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1928 the Bily brothers received quite an offer from Henry Ford.  He offered them one million dollars for something…

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Best of 2023: North Carolina Nuclear Bomb Farm

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/29Dec23-Best-of-23-North-Carolina-Nuclear-Bomb-Farm.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the Best of 2023 with The American Countryside! Brent Tyndall has people pulling in his driveway just about every…

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Best of 2023: The Midwest Dream Car Museum

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/28Dec23-Best-of-23-Midwest-Dream-Car-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the Best of 2023 with The American Countryside! If you’ve ever seen one of the movies in the Back…

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Best of 2023: Cole Younger

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/27Dec23-Best-of-23-Cole-Younger.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the Best of 2023 with The American Countryside! When you hear the name Cole Younger, you probably think of…

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Best of 2023: Al’s Oasis

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/26Dec23-Best-of-23-Als-Oasis.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the best of 2023 with a The American Countryside! If you’ve driven across interstate 90 in South Dakota you…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Christmas City, USA

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/25Dec23-Noel-Missouri-Post-Office.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)At Christmas we may sing, “The First Noel.”  In the United States, this is the “Only Noel.”  Confused?  Join me…

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Posted in American Countryside New York

Twas the Night Before Christmas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/22Dec23-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house…they’re words we know well…and words that launched Santa’s image about…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

Christmas Lights and Cookies

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/21Dec23-Christmas-Acres-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Christmas is a busy season for Rob and his wife Joyce.  They usually have hundreds of people walking around their…

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Christmas Acres

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/20Dec23-Christmas-Acres-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A lot of people put up Christmas lights on and around their house each holiday season.  That was the case…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

One Historic Place

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/19Dec23-Miss-Lauras-Brothel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It may be one of the most unique businesses to ever be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. …

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

Laura’s Little Business in Ft. Smith

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/18Dec23-Miss-Lauras-Brothel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Laura Ziegler came to Ft. Smith, Arkansas from Vermont.  She was only in this city for about a decade, then…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

A State with Two Flags

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/15Dec23-Fort-Snelling-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The state of Minnesota has a state flag, a flag flown above many sites in the state.  They also have…

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A Successful Stand Against Pickett’s Charge

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/14Dec23-Fort-Snelling-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Battle of Gettysburg is often referred to as the turning point of the Civil War, and within the battle…

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The First State to Volunteer for the Civil War

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/13Dec23-Fort-Snelling-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Ft. Sumter was fired upon in April of 1861, in signified the beginning of the U.S. Civil War.  Interestingly,…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

Where the Mississippi and Minnesota Meet

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/12Dec23-Fort-Snelling-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the place where the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers meet – a place that has been important for centuries of…

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Posted in American Countryside Colorado

Promoting Milk Before “Got Milk?”

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/11Dec23-Prohibition-Party-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before there was a Got Milk slogan, some dairymen used an amendment to the constitution to help keep their product…

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A Political Party That Survives Today

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/11/08Dec23-Prohibition-Party-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may have thought this political party died when this became legal again back in the 1930s.  You’ll be intrigued…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

Heisman Winner Bruce Smith

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/07Dec23-Heisman-Winner-Bruce-Smith-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)December 7th 1941.  It was a day of travel for this standout college football player, but as the events of…

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