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Posted in American Countryside Best of Iowa

The Pine Creek Mill

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/12Jun14-Pine-Creek-Mill-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)People near Muscatine have always known of a place called Pine Creek Mill, but for most of the 20th century,…

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Posted in American Countryside Wisconsin

A Recognizable Railroad Depot

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/11Jun14-Wausau-Insurance.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There’s a good chance you’ve never been to this railroad depot.  However, if you’re over forty years old, there’s a…

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Posted in American Countryside Wisconsin

Graffiti on a Ship

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/10Jun14-Wausau-Vietnam-Exhibit-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Most people consider graffiti a visual nuisance, something to be removed and forgotten.  The type of graffiti on this ship…

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Posted in American Countryside Wisconsin

Inside the General Nelson M Walker

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/09Jun14-Wausau-Vietnam-Exhibit-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the 1960s, ships like the General Nelson M Walker took thousands of men across the Pacific to the war…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Georgia

The Methodist Museum

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/06Jun14-Methodist-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you do something the same way day after day, you might be said to have a method to your…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

An Unbreakable Code

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/05Jun14-Roy-Hawthorne-Navajo-Codetalker-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Roy Hawthorne had three brothers who had already volunteered for the Army.  So when Roy was 17, he too joined…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

Navajo Codetalker Roy Hawthorne

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/04Jun14-Roy-Hawthorne-Navajo-Codetalker-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Our series with Navajo codetalker, Roy Hawthorne continues today.  Remember, you can hear the full interview on the Scenic Route…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

Using Your Native Language for Coded Messages

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/03Jun14-Roy-Hawthorne-Navajo-Codetalker-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When World War II began, many men here in Navajo country volunteered for the armed forces.  Some of those men…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

A Codetalker for World War II

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/02Jun14-Roy-Hawthorne-Navajo-Codetalker-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This week you’ll be hearing a series of programs with World War II Navajo codetalker, Roy Hawthorne.  You can also…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Pennsylvania

The 125th Anniversary of The Great Johnstown Flood

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/30May14-Johnstown-Flood-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It was an American disaster that was hard to imagine. A giant flood and an immense fire were destroying a…

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Posted in Arizona Scenic Route

Scenic Route – Navajo Code Talker

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/Navaho-Code-Talker-Roy-Hawthorne.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:01:24 — 42.2MB)Beginning in 1942, Navajo men began using their native language to send coded messages in combat during World War II. …

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Pennsylvania

A Story of Heroism and Tragedy

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/29May14-Johnstown-Flood-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It was a story of miraculous heroism among a story of deep tragedy.  125 years ago a wall of water…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Pennsylvania

The Problem with 51 Inches of Rain

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/28May14-Johnstown-Flood-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)When 51 inches falls on an area in one month…well, it’s likely there’s going to be problems. Here, those problems…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Presidents

The Great Johnstown Flood

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/27May14-Johnstown-Flood-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It was one of the worst disasters in American history…the break of the south fork dam that created the great…

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The Arlington Ladies

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/26May14-Arlington-Army-Ladies.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)On Memorial Day we remember our loved ones, but these ladies recognize our fallen soldiers this weekend and every day…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

The Lone Ranger, Silver and Tonto

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/23May14-The-Lone-Ranger.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB) No matter your age, you’ve most likely heard of the Lone Ranger, his horse Silver and his faithful Indian…

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Posted in Kansas Video

American Countryside Video: The Eisenhower Farm

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

Wanted Dead or Alive

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/22May14-Bass-Reeves-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase, “Wanted, Dead or Alive!”  It certainly was used on some occasions, but near Ft. Smith,…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

A Long Walk Behind the Wagon

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/21May14-Bass-Reeves-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If a fugitive is captured, they are usually transported to a jail to await a hearing before a court of…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

A Crack Shot and Tenacious Tracker

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/20May14-Bass-Reeves-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)He was one of the first African American U.S. marshalls in the nation.   His reputation as a crack shot…

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