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Graham Cave

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Graham-Cave.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)One of the first men to farm this plot of land used the nearby rocky overhang to shelter his herd…

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Crowley’s Ridge

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Benjamin-Crowley-Ridge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KOTC in Kennett, MO.  Is it really true the Mississippi River once…

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Benjamin Crowley

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Benjamin-Crowley-Ridge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Lots of rivers, towns and mountains are named after people who settled in a specific area.  This man never imagined…

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A Gangster’s Vacation Hot Spot

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Hot-Springs-Gangsters.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 940.4KB)There aren’t too many peaceful stories about gangsters, but this American city offered ruthless men a chance to have a…

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Keeping the Old

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Munger-Moss-Hotel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)The cliché says, out with the old, in with the new.  If Ramona had followed that advice, she might have…

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The Munger Moss

It’s called the Munger Moss.  What is it?  People have been asking that since the days of World War II…..

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Towosahgy

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Towosahgy.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Many Midwestern cities can trace their beginnings for over 150 years or more. This one can go back 1000 years…..

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Big Oak Tree

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Big-Oak-Tree-State-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)The Mississippi River bottom lands stretch for hundreds of miles. It’s flat, fertile farmland producing a bounty of crops.  But…

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Pollinition with Bees

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/22Mar11-Tom-Turpin-Honey-Bees-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 939.8KB)Whether it’s flowers, fruits or vegetables, most rely on insects to pollinate and produce their bounty. Could their pollination be…

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Bee Populations

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Tom-Turpin-Honey-Bees-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)You may have heard bee populations are declining.  What’s behind it and should we be concerned?

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Tippecanoe, Indiana

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Tippecanoe-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Perhaps you’ve heard the Presidential slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler too.”  Today’s feature is literally at Tippecanoe.  What is it and…

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Preserving the SS American Victory

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Victory-Ships-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)During the 1940s, 534 of these ships existed. Today only three sail the waters. Their past and present are a…

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A New Class of Ships

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Victory-Ships-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)During the first half of World War II, the United States used vessels called Liberty Ships to haul cargo and…

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Building Victory Ships

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Victory-Ships-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Imagine a ship over a football field and a half long and sixty-two feet wide.  Now imagine you need to…

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Florida’s Holocaust Museum

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Florida-Holocaust-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)If you happen to visit the Tampa-St. Petersburg area, you should take time to visit a well done site called…

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The Kingsley Plantation

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Kingsley-Plantation.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 942.0KB)The story of Kingsley Plantation is fascinating, and when you factor in the life’s journey of the landowner’s wife, it…

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A Florida Strawberry Festival

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Florida-Strawberries-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)In the 1930’s, citizens of Plant City, Florida began a strawberry festival.  The annual event continues today. Although it’s mostly…

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A High Value Crop Grown Right in the Middle of Town

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Florida-Strawberries-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Imagine attempting to grow a high value crop in the middle of one of America’s largest cities.  That’s exactly what…

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The Secret to Growing Great Strawberries

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/08Mar11-Florida-Strawberries.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.4MB)What does it take to grow great strawberries? A good railroad of course. That’s one of the reasons many of…

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Farming Big with Small Equipment

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Phil-Corzine-Brazil-Agriculture-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)It’s amazing some of the technology that can be found on the farm these days.  However, if you go to…

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