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The Baby of the Boone Family
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/07Sep17-Nathan-Boone-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most of us remember the frontiersman and explorer, Daniel Boone from our history books. However, we may not be familiar…
When The Teeth Are The Main Attraction
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/04Sep17-Strongman-Steve.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Every dentist that has ever advised not to crush ice or hard candy with one’s teeth will not want to…
Stories of a Pioneer Girl Growing Up
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/30Aug17-Laura-Ingels-Wilder-Home-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is hard to imagine it happened mostly by accident…eight books and a ten year television series all based on…
Childhood Stories
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/29Aug17-Laura-Ingels-Wilder-Home-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)She never set out to become a famous author…she was simply writing down some stories from her childhood. But those…
Pheasants In Arizona
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/28Aug17-Arizona-Pheasant-Grower.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most people don’t go pheasant hunting in Phoenix, AZ. But if you to come to Molly’s farm, you will perhaps…
Hotel Rooms for $11 A Night
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/18Aug17-Wagon-Wheel-Motel.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Connie Echols admits she was crazy when she purchased the business just down the street. She had no idea what…
A Grand Mansion For the Family
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/28Jul17-Hunter-Dawson-Home.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)In the days just ahead of the Civil War, one prominent young lady in New Madrid, Missouri built a grand…
Grinding Teeth Over the Declaration of Independence
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/04Jul17-Independence-Day-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Thomas Jefferson helped write the Declaration of Independence…but he wasn’t happy with the final product. Why was Jefferson grinding his…
The Unplanned Writer of the Declaration of Independence
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/03Jul17-Independence-Day-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Thomas Jefferson took an important role in writing our Declaration of Independence, but most people don’t know he wasn’t even…
The Mount Washington Auto Race
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/30Jun17-Mt-Washington-Auto-Road-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine running the Daytona 500 on a mountain road with steep grades and no guardrails. The cars may not be…
Hairpin Turns and No Guardrails
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/29Jun17-Mt-Washington-Auto-Road-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a mountain road with hairpin curves, no guardrails and an average grade of 12%. That makes it one of…
The Mountain Road
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/28Jun17-Mt-Washington-Auto-Road-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was big news when this mountain road opened…not because it linked two cities, but rather because it linked tourists…
Brice’s Crossroads
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/09Jun17-Brices-Crossroads-Tupelo.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)His cavalrymen fought like none other…and their maneuvers are still the topic of military studies today. That has many history buffs…
A Role of Feeding Americans
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/05Jun17-Ohio-Food-Bank-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you were dropped inside this building and had no idea what it was, it might take you awhile to…
An Old Mattress Warehouse–Repurposed
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/02Jun17-Ohio-Food-Bank-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What can you do with an old mattress warehouse? Use it to feed thousands of people in twenty counties. That’s…
The Unique Village in the City
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/30May17-Arlington-Cemetery-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It was a village inside Arlington National Cemetery…a place where people found refuge during the Civil War. This is the…
The Historic Spot at Arlington National Cemetery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/29May17-Arlington-Cemetery-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Although most visitors to Arlington National Cemetery simply see the Tomb of the Unknowns and perhaps the JFK grave site…there…
From Summer Job to Over 30 Year Career
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/26May17-Arlington-Cemetery-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Tom thought he was coming here simply to fill a summer job. After more than 30 years later, he says…
Volunteers Helping Others in Tragedies
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/22May17-Clara-Barton-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we see these volunteers helping others around the world after natural disasters and other tragedies. It all began with…
One of the Most Recognized Organizations
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/19May17-Clara-Barton-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today it is one of the most recognized organizations helping those in need…and its story began with one women helping…
