http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/04/Date-Farming-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 957.8KB)Some farmers need expensive, high tech equipment to harvest their crops. This crop requires a very low-tech method of harvest,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/04/Date-Farming-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 950.6KB)David’s farm is just 2 ½ acres in size…but that does not mean he’s not busy. In fact, the crop…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/04/Pony-Express-Anniversary.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 955.1KB)Horses are racing through the streets of St. Joseph, MO this weekend much like they did 150 years ago. It’s…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Palm-Springs-Jackie-Cochran.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.1KB)Most people have heard of Chuck Yeager, but most have not heard of his good friend Jackie, a pilot who…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Annapolis.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 955.9KB)It is known as the sailing capitol of the United States. It also happens to be a state capitol, a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Palm-Springs-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 958.4KB)When the rails came through this stretch of dry wilderness, the only people living here were the Cahuilla Indians. What…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Chester-Arthur-2010.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.3KB)Most Americans can name several men who have served as president of the United States. It’s a fair bet, most…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/CIA-Agent-Tony-Gallagher-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 949.0KB)Imagine a having a career that you could tell no one about. For much of his life, Tony lived in…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/CIA-Agent-Tony-Gallagher-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 952.2KB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KDRO in Sedalia, MO. We caught up with Tony Gallagher in your…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/40-and-8-Boxcars-21.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 952.0KB)Thousands of boxcars crisscross the country each day with a variety of cargo. But these boxcars were truly special, because…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/40-and-8-Boxcars-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.1KB)The term 40 & 8 doesn’t mean much to most Americans–unless you happened to serve in France during one of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Hermitage-2010.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.1KB)Mt. Vernon and Monticello are well known presidential homes. Alongside those well known names is another home and plantation, not…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Sarah-Aubrey.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.7KB)Many farmers have considered beginning their own small business on the farm that might sell ag products direct to consumers….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/John-Brown-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.1KB)The shots at Ft. Sumter in April of 1861 are often considered the first military action of the Civil War….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/John-Brown-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 948.6KB)In the years just ahead of the Civil War, thousands of people came to Kansas ahead of a critical vote…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Safari-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 955.3KB)Osa Johnson was certainly not an imposing figure, but give her a gun and she could drop some of the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Safari-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 956.1KB)Many towns have a museum of local history. But why is Chanute, Kansas home to the Safari Museum? It may…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Monsanto-Tasty-Vegetables1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 951.6KB)President George Bush made headlines when he banned broccoli from the White House and Air Force One. Perhaps he’d eat…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/McElhaney-Cattle-Company-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 955.3KB)Angus Brown is used to dealing with 120 plus degree heat and three inches of rain a year. It’s a…