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Into Battle with the Enemy’s Plans

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/17Sep12-Antietam-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)Imagine going into battle and having the enemy’s plan of attack in your hands.  It sounds like it would not…

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The Wagon Wheel Motel

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/14Sep12-Wagon-Wheel-Hotel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)Connie Echols admits she was crazy when she purchased the business just down the street.  She had no idea what…

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A Long Time Business On Route 66

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/09/13Sep12-Wagon-Wheel-Hotel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)There is a restriction on U.S. citizens traveling to Cuba.  However, you are allowed to travel here – to Cuba,…

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In the Shadow of a Father

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/12Sep12-Nathan-Boone-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 2.3MB)Before their was a U.S. cavalry, this man was noted to be the top mounted military man in the nation….

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Daniel Boone’s Son

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/11Sep12-Nathan-Boone-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)Most of us remember the frontiersman and explorer, Daniel Boone from our history books.  However, we may not be familiar…

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Strong Man Steeve

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/09/10Sep12-Stong-Man-Steve.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:31 — 1.2MB)Every dentist that has ever advised not to crush ice or hard candy with one’s teeth will not want to…

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The Hero

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/07Sep12-Northfield-Minnesota-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.1MB)You probably have not heard of a man named Joseph Lee Haywood.  He died on September 7th, 1876 trying to…

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Courage at Northfield

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/06Sep12-Northfield-Minnesota-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)Banks have many security measures to thwart would be robbers.  But in Northfield, Minnesota the best way to prevent a…

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The James Gang in Minnesota

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/05Sep12-Northfield-Minnesota-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:28 — 1.7MB)Everyone knows of the exploits of the Jesse James gang.  They held up banks and trains all across the Midwest….

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The Hinkley, Minnesota Firestorm

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/04Sep12-Hinkley-Minnesota-Fire-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)Imagine a fire that could consumer about 500 square miles in just four hours.  Such a firestorm has not been…

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A Wall of Fire

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/03Sep12-Hinkley-Minnesota-Fire-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 1.1MB)It sounds like the script of an action adventure movie.  A wall of fire approaches a city as townspeople rush…

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A Fire Building for 24 Years

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/31Aug12-Hinkley-Minnesota.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:28 — 1.7MB)We’re all familiar with Smokey Bear and his warnings to prevent forest fires.  But imagine a fire with fuel that…

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A Long Bus Ride to School

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/30Aug12-Monument-Valley-Busing.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:28 — 1.7MB)Some students must ride a bus to school.  But imagine a school district where a student might spend nearly six…

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Got A Pencil?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/29Aug12-Pencil-Collector.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:29 — 2.3MB)Residents in Trenton, Missouri know that when they need a pen or pencil, there’s one man in town that can…

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The Medicine Man and Modern Medicine

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/28Aug12-Monument-Valley-Ag-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:28 — 1.1MB)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 Agriculture Classes in a Different Culture

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/27Aug12-Monument-Valley-Ag-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:28 — 1.1MB)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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Hatch Chili

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/24Aug12-Hatch-Chilli.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.7MB)If you play with fire you’re liable to get burned. But on Jim Lidle’s farm, fire is what they grow….

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Munson Angus Farms

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/23Aug12-Munson-Angus.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:28 — 1.1MB)This family has been raising prime Angus cattle for years, but when they had to make the switch to marketing…

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The Largest Horse in the Nation?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/22Aug12-Black-Horse-Hitch-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:28 — 1.1MB)For those who have spent much time around horses, they know that a horse that stands 16 hands high, 64…

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Aboard the Orphan Train

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/21Aug12-Orphan-Train-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:28 — 1.1MB)Imagine being an orphan boarding a train on the East Coast, not knowing where your next home might be.  That…

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