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Remember the Raisin!

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/03/21Mar23-River-Raisin-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We all recall the battle cry, “Remember the Alamo” but over 200 years ago it was “Remember the Raisin!”  So…

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When Did the War of 1812 Begin?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/03/20Mar23-River-Raisin-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s long been said that the only thing most Americans can tell you about the War of 1812 is what…

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Monroe, Michigan’s Tragic Tie to the Little Bighorn

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/03/09Mar23-Monroe-Michigan-Custer-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When news of the defeat at the Little Bighorn reached Monroe, Michigan, this town had an extra reason to morn. …

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The Story of a Very Famous Table

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/03/08Mar23-Monroe-Michigan-Custer-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are several portraits that show the surrender of General Lee to General Grant at Appomattox.  Those scenes usually display…

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Custer’s Hometown

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/03/07Mar23-Monroe-Michigan-Custer-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We know him for the battle at the Little Bighorn.  But to know just that one fact is to miss…

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Bronner’s Christmas Store

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/22Dec22-Bronners-Christmas-Store.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If Santa Claus needed a place to buy all of his decorations, this would be it. It’s big business in…

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Its’ the Largest Island, in the Largest Lake, on the Largest island, in the Largest Lake

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/21Sep22-Isle-Royal-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Concentrate on this piece of geographical trivia.  It’s the largest island, in the largest lake, on the largest island, in…

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Isle Royale

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/20Sep22-Isle-Royal-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It takes a boat or seaplane to get to this national park.  Those who make the journey are rewarded with…

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The Historic Route of Cereals

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/06/19Jun20-Kellogg-Cereal.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Grocery stores devote plenty of shelf space to cereals, but the historic route those breakfast foods took to get there…

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A Wealth of History and Natural Beauty

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/21Aug18-Calument-Copper-Mines-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s a relatively new site in the National Park Service and for most of us, you’ll have to drive a…

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Some of the Longest and Deepest Holes Dug In the Earth

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/20Aug18-Calument-Copper-Mines-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A trip here will reveal some of the longest and deepest holes dug into the earth.  In fact, some of…

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Tilling Beneath the Soil

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/17Aug18-Calument-Copper-Mines-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Carl can trace his lineage back several generations to family members who came here from Findland.  They were farmers, but…

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The Ontonagan Boulder

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/16Aug18-Calument-Copper-Mines-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s called the Ontonagan Boulder – a rock of pure copper that reports said was larger than a canoe.  Native…

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As Easy As Eating Pie

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/15Aug18-Calument-Copper-Mines-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s an old cliché that says if something is not hard to do, “It’s as easy as pie.”  I guess…

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Buying A Glider for More Than One Reason

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/23Mar18-Henry-Ford-World-War-II-Gliders-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are under ten original World War II gliders to be found in the nation.  People bought hundreds of surplus…

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From Automaker to Glider Manufacturer

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/22Mar18-Henry-Ford-World-War-II-Gliders-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When World War II began, automakers suddenly switched from making cars to the equipment needed to win a war.   The…

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Henry Ford in the Upper Peninsula

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/21Mar18-Henry-Ford-Iron-Mountain.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We know Henry Ford as an early Detroit auto maker.  So what was he doing buying a huge tract of…

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Building A Museum Around an Exhibit

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/20Mar18-Cornish-Pump-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Iron Mountain, Michigan you’ll find a museum with a very large exhibit – so large in fact, that the…

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The Largest Steam Powered Engine

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/19Mar18-Cornish-Pump-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is quite possibly the largest steam powered engine on the continent and its job was the only think that…

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Big Snows In Michigan

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/04Jan18-Lauriam-Michigan-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some people measure snow in inches.  Here it is measured in feet.  Many years it’s measured in many dozens of…

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