Posted in American Countryside Best of Florida

The History of Ybor City

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/05Jan18-Ybor-City-Florida-2018-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Mention Ybor City to someone in Tampa, FL and they will probably tell you about all the great restaurants and…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Oklahoma

Best of 2017: A Store Named Pops

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/01Jan18-Best-of-2017-Pops.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Most people travel Old Route 66 for the nostalgia.  So on the surface, this convenience store might not seem to…

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Best of 2017: A Tribute to the Boll Weevil

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/29Dec17-Best-of-2017-Enterprise-Boll-Weevil.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Cotton was king in the southern U.S. in the early 20th century.  However it was one of the tiniest of…

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Best of 2017: The Coon Dog Cemetery

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/28Dec17-Best-of-2017-Coon-Dog-Cemetery.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:54 — 2.0MB)It looks like many cemeteries in the U.S.  There are grave markers and flowers surrounding by many trees.  But this…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Michigan

Best of 2017: Ishmpeming Skiing

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/27Dec17-Best-of-2017-Ishpeming-Ski-Jump.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Depending on where you live in the nation, certain sports may be more popular than others.  When you live in…

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Best of 2017: A Place Called Iran

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/26Dec17-Best-of-2017-Iraan-Texas.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)This land in southwest Texas appeared to be barren ranch country.  You could buy it for a relatively cheap price…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Pennsylvania

Christmas Day 1776

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/25Dec17-Washington-Crossing-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)It was Christmas Day 1776…the first Christmas for the young United States of America.  If not for the bravery of…

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A Pivotol Point in the Revolution

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/22Dec17-Washington-Crossing-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)On Christmas Eve 1776…a general and his men did not prepare for a meal or gift giving…but rather they prepared…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Pennsylvania

Crossing An Icy River on Christmas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/21Dec17-Washington-Crossing-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)It’s one of the most famous battles of the American Revolution…and it all began with the crossing of an icy…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri

The Only Noel

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/19Dec17-Cave-Caroling.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)At Christmas we may sing, “The First Noel.”  In the United States, this is the “Only Noel….”

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Georgia

Raising Corn In A Swamp

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/15Dec17-Okefenokee-Swamp-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You might not think of a swamp as the best place to grow a corn crop.  But here is was…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri

The Denver Sleigh Works

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/12/08Dec17-Denver-Sleigh-Works-2017.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Santa needs a sleigh to make deliveries around the world. This man makes sure he will never run out of…

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Thanksgiving at Berkley Plantation

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/24Nov17-Thanksgiving-Berkley-Plantation.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may have thought Thanksgiving dates back to the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony in today’s state of Massaschusettes.  But, in…

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Thanksgiving at Plymouth Rock

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/23Nov17-Thanksgiving-Plymouth-Rock.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Each Thanksgiving we are likely to remember the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock.  But is that rock really the…

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The Plantation of Belle Grove

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/03Nov17-Belle-Grove-Plantation.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Our history books tell us the south had many slave holding plantations in the years leading up to the Civil…

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Battle in the Pasture

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/02Nov17-Cowpens-National-Battlefield-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)It was once known as just a giant pasture, but today it’s also the site of an important battle in…

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Trying to Get Back to the Right Side of the Battle

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/01Nov17-Cowpens-National-Battlefield-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Imagine being captured during a war and then forced to fight against the army from which you came. What would…

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Escaping to the South

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/31Oct17-Fort-Mose-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Long before there was an American Civil War waged over the issue of slavery, there was the struggle for slaves…

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A Struggle for Freedom

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/30Oct17-Fort-Mose-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)In the marshlands on the northern edge of one of America’s oldest city, you’ll find an amazing story of the…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Wisconsin

A Museum Dedicated to the Circus

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/27Oct17-Circus-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It all began with Albert, Otto, Alfred, Charles, and John. Without their last names, those first names might not mean…

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