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Doc Westfall’s War Memorial

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/02Feb16-Angel-Fire-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:04 — 2.1MB)When Doc Westfall lost a son to the Vietnam War, the event changed his plans for the future.  His new…

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Posted in American Countryside New Mexico

Rancher Turned Veterans Memorial

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/01Feb16-Angel-Fire-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Westfalls had dreams of a ranch resort where they could retire.  Then tragedy struck and the plans for the…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

The Clinton House Museum

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/29Jan16-Clinton-House-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Kate Johnson began her babysitting job, she had no idea that the folks she was working for would one…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

Sinclair Oil, Chicken Pot Pies AND a US President!

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/28Jan16-Clinton-House-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)What’s Sinclair Oil, the invention of the chicken pot pie and a former U.S. president have in common?  It may…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

Bill & Hillary at the U of Arkansas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/27Jan16-Clinton-House-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Regardless your politics, it’s often interesting looking back on the lives of our presidents.  One such place is drawing plenty…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

Peace Treaty Pageant

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/26Jan16-Medicine-Lodge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A three-day event dedicated to an old peace treaty may sound a bit odd.  However, this town’s event draws thousands…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

The Foiled Medicine Lodge Bank Robbery

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/25Jan16-Medicine-Lodge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:03 — 2.1MB)About as long as there have been banks, there have been bank robberies.  The one that took place in Medicine…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

HardWork U

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/21Jan16-College-of-the-Ozarks-Milam-Smith-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Today we hear a lot about the rising costs of higher education.  While that may be true, students here have…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

Carry Nation’s Hatchet Job

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/20Jan16-Carry-Nation-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This lady was known to back up her words with her hatchet.  And that hatchet is still well known over…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

Carry Nation’s Crusade

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/19Jan16-Carry-Nation-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:03 — 2.1MB)If you attended David Nation’s church in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, many would say the real sermon began when David’s wife…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

Medicine Lodge History

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/18Jan16-Medicine-Lodge-History.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In south central Kansas you’ll find a place long important to Native Americans – a place where they and later…

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Posted in American Countryside North Carolina

A Quaker Community Determined to End Slavery

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/15Jan16-Mendenhall-Plantation-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the heart of the south, there was one Quaker community determined to not only bring an end to slavery,…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Tuition is “Free” But Hardwork is Required

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/22Jan16-College-of-the-Ozarks-Milam-Smith-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I recently visited a college campus unique from many others.  It’s a place where students work on campus to pay…

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Posted in American Countryside North Carolina

The Mendenhall Plantation

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/14Jan16-Mendenhall-Plantation-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)We might imagine that prior to the Civil War, most large farming operations in the south used slave labor.  Today,…

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Posted in American Countryside North Carolina

When the Road Gets Moved

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/13Jan16-Mendenhall-Plantation-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Major highways can be a very important way to get people to your business.  What do you do when your…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

The Ralph Foster Museum

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/12Jan16-Ralph-Foster-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)What is the most famous truck in the nation?  There are a variety of answers, but no doubt this old…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

A Museum with a Wealth of Exhibits

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/11Jan16-Ralph-Foster-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)At one point, this museum might have begun to look a bit like your grandmother’s attic – full of just…

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A Well-known Landmark

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/08Jan16-Crowleys-Ridge.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Mississippi River has formed many new channels over the centuries. One of those old routes places it many miles…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

The Story of Basketball’s “Glory Road”

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/07Jan16-Jerry-Armstrong-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The movie “Glory Road” shares the story of five black basketball players from Texas Western who beat an all-white Kentucky…

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Prejudices on the Basketball Court

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/06Jan16-Jerry-Armstrong-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jerry Armstrong was a farm kid from Eagleville, Missouri.  He excelled at basketball and took a chance to play Division…

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