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Winning a National Championship in a Big Way

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/18Mar24-Babe-Didrikson-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)While individuals compete in track and field events, there is often a team component to the standings, with points awarded…

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An Olympic Qualifier on Another Level

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/15Mar24-Babe-Didrikson-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s difficult to know exactly how many medals this athlete might have won at the Olympics.  She qualified for several…

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Wide Enough Streets for U-Turns

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/14Mar24-Fredericksburg-Texas.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today cities don’t need to be laid out so that ox carts can make U-turns.  However, that was the plan…

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Riding A Horse Into the Hotel Lobby

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/13Mar24-Menger-Hotel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a well-known general riding his horse into the lobby of a hotel…and it was met with applause.  Another military…

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Racing to Get a Hotel Room

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/03/12Mar24-Menger-Hotel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today just about every hotel room in America has a private bathroom included.  Turn back the clock over a century…

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A Look Back at the Kennedy Assassination

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/09/22Sep23-Eugene-Boone-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the tragic events that unfolded in Dallas when President Kennedy was assassinated, we may forget that a police officer…

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A Personal Connection to Jack Ruby

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/09/21Sep23-Eugene-Boone-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In November of 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald shot President Kennedy.  Just two days later, Jack Ruby shot Oswald.  Deputy Eugene…

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Searching the Texas School Book Depository

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/09/20Sep23-Eugene-Boone-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the early afternoon of November 22nd, 1963, Deputy Eugene Boone was searching the 6th floor of the Texas School…

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Watching the Presidential Motorcade

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/09/19Sep23-Eugene-Boone-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Deputy Eugene Boone was watching President Kennedy’s motorcade pass Main Street on November 22, 1963.  But just moments after the…

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The First Televised State Funeral

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/01Feb23-Sam-Rayburn-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In November of 1961, this small town in north Texas was overwhelmed with people coming to pay their respects to…

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It’s Better to be the Speaker than President

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/31Jan23-Sam-Rayburn-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many governors, senators and representatives may aspire to one day become president of the United States.  However, this man believed…

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Sam Rayburn

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/30Jan23-Sam-Rayburn-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Bonham, Texas you can find the boyhood home of Sam Rayburn.  The small town is also host to the…

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Short Existence, Mighty Impact

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/23Jan23-Hellcats-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many military museums tell the story of an entire war, or perhaps the history of a fort or military outpost. …

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The Hell Cats

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/20Jan23-Hellcats-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They were often known as the Hell Cats.  Others knew them by the name, “Suicide Squad” for their hard fought…

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The Marfa Lights

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/21Oct22-Marfa-Texas-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s something odd taking place in the countryside east of Marfa, Texas.  It’s been going on for over a century…

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Presidio County, Texas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/20Oct22-Marfa-Texas-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The courthouse in Presidio County, Texas is a picturesque and historic place to visit.  It’s small dome affords visitors views…

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Remoteness is Goodness

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/19Oct22-Marfa-Texas-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This town in southwest Texas is one of the most remote in the U.S.  Some might think that would make…

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A Drink That Was Good for You

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/07/29Jul22-Dublin-Bottling-Works-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are a lot of studies that show high consumption of sugary drinks is bad for your waistline and your…

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Shoot Me a Waco

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/07/28Jul22-Dublin-Bottling-Works-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If someone walked into a restaurant and said, “Shoot me a Waco,” no one would probably know what they meant. …

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Limpia Creek Hats

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/06/29Jun22-Limpia-Creek-Hats-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)How much would you pay for a good cowboy hat?  I suppose it depends what you do for a living…

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