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The Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/27Feb24-Prescott-Frontier-Days-Rodeo-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you come to watch this rodeo, you’ll most likely be sitting in seats that were first used in 1913. …

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The First Rodeo

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/26Feb24-Prescott-Frontier-Days-Rodeo-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Where was the first rodeo held?  You’ll find some debate on the actual beginning point of the sport with several…

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A Visit to Jerome, Arizona

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/20Feb24-Jerome-Arizona-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many a mining boom town has experienced boom and bust.  When this town was just about gone it began to…

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One of the Largest Cities in the Arizona Territory

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/16Feb24-Jerome-Arizona-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was once one of the largest cities in the Arizona Territory.  Miners made there way to town to get…

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Saving Your Son from Certain Death

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/21Apr23-Serge-Kreisberge-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a scene in which a boy is wrenched from a mother’s arms…and is headed for certain death.  No doubt…

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Chocolate & Potatoes, Again

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/20Apr23-Serge-Kreisberge-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A diet of chocolate and potatoes is probably not the most balanced ration one can eat…but during World War II…it…

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Surviving the Holocaust

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/19Apr23-Serge-Kreisberge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I occasionally like to go back to our show archives to hear stories that have moved me and many of…

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One City, Many Occupiers

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/18Apr23-Serge-Kreisberge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)His city bounced from one country’s control to another during World War II.  No matter who was in control…this young…

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Arizona Treasure Hunt

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/27Oct22-Jim-Greys-Petrified-Wood-Shop.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jim says he’s in the treasure hunting business.  He’s looking for items that are worth tens of thousands of dollars…

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Hi Jolly

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/18Oct22-Bullhead-City-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Quartzite, Arizona you can find the grave of Hi Jolly.  It’s the Americanized name of a man responsible for…

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The Army’s Camel Caravan

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/17Oct22-Bullhead-City-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)How do you move people and supplies across a desert?  Well, the answer may depend on what desert you are…

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Steamboats in the Desert

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/14Oct22-Bullhead-City-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you picture steamboats, we may have images of stately paddle wheeled ships moving up and down the Mississippi River. …

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In Search of Good Fences

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/13Oct22-Bullhead-City-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Every rancher knows they need good fences to keep the herd from running wild on the neighbor’s property.  In the…

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Standin’ on a Corner

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/03Oct22-Winslow-Arizona.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This song hit number 12 on the billboard charts 50 years ago, and it’s popularity seems to keep growing.  In…

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The Daily, Six-Hour Bus Ride

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/08/29Aug22-Monument-Valley-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some students must ride a bus to school.  But imagine a school district where a student might spend nearly six…

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The Modern Day Medicine Man

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/08/26Aug22-Monument-Valley-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may have thought the use of Medicine Men was a thing of the past.  Not here.  In fact, this…

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Teaching Native American Traditions

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/08/25Aug22-Monument-Valley-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Clyde McBride may have never imagined he’d be teaching his students about Native American traditions in his High School agriculture…

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The Old Hoover Powerhouse

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/06/21Jun22-Kingman-Arizona-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before Hoover Dam supplied electricity for this region of the southwest, this old powerhouse generated the electricity.  In fact, in…

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Kingman, Arizona

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/06/20Jun22-Kingman-Arizona-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Dinosaurs, caves and safari parks are the things summer road trips are made of.  Perhaps that’s why the combination still…

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Holbrook, Arizona – The Backdrop for Cars

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/04/06May22-Holbrook-Arizona-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes movies do more than just bring in dollars at the box office.  They occasionally have an impact on the…

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