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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/16Feb23-Johnny-Cash-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve probably not heard of a museum owner named Bill Miller.  However, Bill was a long time friend of a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/15Feb23-Johnny-Cash-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some knew him as the man in black.  There were several reasons he may have worn that color – it…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/14Feb23-Johnny-Cash-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was born in Kingsland, Arkansas in 1932.  After High School he served in the Air Force for four years…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/15Feb22-Clarksville-Customs-House.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The local newspaper originally described it as “an eyesore and public laughing stock.”  Quite a tagline for a building that…

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