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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/01/08Feb21-Hereford-Texas-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of our towns and cities in the country were founded by a mixture of immigrants.  This town has seen…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/01/05Feb21-Hereford-Texas-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This town wanted to help with the war effort however it could.  It ended up that its isolation made it…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/01/04Feb21-Hereford-Texas-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s been dubbed the ‘’Town without a Toothache.”  However, you may know it by it’s other motto – a motto…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/01/03Feb21-Hereford-Texas-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Was Mr. Smith really deaf?  That answer perhaps depends on who you ask.  And the reason we don’t know that…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/09Oct20-Lubbock-Ag-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Cotton is an important crop in west Texas.  Not only is it vital for local farmers and industry, the story…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/10/07Oct20-Buddy-Holly-Performing-Arts-Center-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s been over 60 years since Buddy Holly died, but his music and the work of inspiring other young people…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/07/07Jul20-Texas-Railway-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Southern Pacific rail line advertised it served fresh oysters on it’s run from Texas to California.  It was special…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/07/06Jul20-Texas-Railway-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We may have heard of the golden spike driven to link the first transcontinental railroad in northern Utah.  The second…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/05/13May20-Fort-Lancaster-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The west was won with horses and cowboys, right? Well, that wasn’t the plan at one time. In fact, if…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/05/12May20-Fort-Lancaster-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What will you find halfway between San Antonio and El Paso, Texas? Well, to be honest, there’s not much out…