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Posted in American Countryside Kansas City Missouri

The Bloch Brothers

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/23Mar15-Bloch-Brothers-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.8MB) Very few people like to figure their taxes and even fewer like to pay them. But this pair of…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

Oklahoma Oil

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/20Mar15-Oklahoma-Oil-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB) The price of oil is a figure many Americans closely follow. Now imagine a time when the price dipped…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

Striking Oil at the Governor’s Mansion

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/19Mar15-Oklahoma-Oil-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB) If you struck oil underneath your home, well you might just move in order to strike it rich. But…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

Glen Miller – Musician and Soldier

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/18Mar15-Glen-Miller-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB) He was one of the most famous Americans in the early 1940s…a man who was making up to $20,000…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

Glen Miller – Hitmaker

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/17Mar15-Glen-Miller-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB) Even if you are not old enough to have enjoyed this man’s music when he originally created it, there’s…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

It Started with a Trombone

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/16Mar15-Glen-Miller-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)   The gentleman who ran a store in Grant City, Missouri could have never imagined what would happen when…

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Posted in American Countryside

Clark’s Trading Post

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/13March15-Clarks-Trading-Post-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.7MB) Imagine a animal show where bears bolted from the stage to barrel past tourist and make a break for…

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Posted in American Countryside

A Roadside Stopper

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/12March15-Clarks-Trading-Post-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB) Along I-93 in northern New Hampshire you’ll find a spot that’s been attracting families for three and four generations…

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A Place Called Hildene

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/11March15-Hildene-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.7MB) Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky and lived most of his adult years in Illinois. But where did future…

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The Son of a US President

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/10March15-Hildene-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.7MB) Being the son of a U.S. president has its perks. However, it does provide a very high bar of…

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Chiricuhua National Monument

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/08Mar15-Chiricuhua-National-Monument-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Southeastern Arizona has been a place for ranchers to graze cattle for well over a century.  However, one ranch family…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

Stone Spires Rising Into the Sky

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/05Mar15-Tombstone-Arizona-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s a place of amazing natural beauty, with stone spires rising high into the sky.  It’s also a place of…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

A Place of Respect

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/05Mar15-Tombstone-Arizona-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Many would consider this cemetery to be a tourist attraction.  Yet it doesn’t charge admission and is a place of…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

A Place Called Boot Hill

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/03Mar15-Tombstone-Arizona-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There are several cemeteries in the west called “Boot Hill.”  That’s because many of the dead died with their boots…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Tomahawk Throwing

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/02Mar15-Tomahawk-Maker-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you’ve seen a circus side show or an old Western where people threw tomahawks for sport.  It’s a competition…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Well Known For Craftsmanship

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/27Feb15-Tomahawk-Maker-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This young man began his enterprise at the age of only ten…and now, just a few years out of high…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

All Seven Stories With A Ground Floor

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/26Feb15-Eureka-Springs-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Imagine a seven story hotel in which each floor is a ground floor.  We’ll take you to the town where…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

Water Is Their Livelihood

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/25Feb15-Eureka-Springs-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you think water is just water, then don’t tell the folks in this small town, because it’s the water…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of California

The Salton Sea

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/24Feb15-Salton-Sea-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s a lake with an elevation of over 200 feet below sea level.  It’s also a body of water with…

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The Largest Lake In California

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/12/23Feb15-Salton-Sea-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s the largest lake in California.  So large, in fact, it’s called a sea.  You couldn’t find this lake on…

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