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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

A Home for Big Cats

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/27Aug13-National-Tiger-Sanctuary-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Animal shelters may care for unwanted cats.  But when it comes to these kind of cats, it takes a special…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

The Pontiac Wagon

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/26Aug13-Pontiac-Oakland-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Today we take a look at a very old Pontiac wagon.  No, we’re not talking about a station wagon, but…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

A Car Named for Oakland County, Michigan

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/23Aug13-Pontiac-Oakland-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)If I were to tell you that there is a car named for Oakland County, Michigan you’d probably not recognize…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

The Walldog Museum

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/22Aug13-Walldogs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What is a “walldog” and why is there a museum devoted to it?  Well, the answer can be found in…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri

Little House on the Prairie

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/21Aug13-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)It’s hard to imagine it happened by chance–8 books and a 10 year television series–all based on one young pioneer…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Oklahoma

Where Horses Wouldn’t Drink

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/20Aug13-Bartlesville-Oklahoma.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)George Keeler noticed his horses wouldn’t drink from this spot on the Caney River.  The location is today an important…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri

The Battle of the Hemp Bales

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/19Aug13-Battle-of-the-Hemp-Bales.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)The bullet holes still scar the inside and outside of this home, a place that was a hospital during a…

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Posted in American Countryside Georgia

Clark Gable and the Cyclorama

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/16Aug13-Atlanta-Cyclorama-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Many people remember Clark Gable in the movie Gone With the Wind.  But have you seen him in his role…

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Posted in American Countryside Georgia

The Bankruptcy of a Circus Benefits a City

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/15Aug13-Atlanta-Cyclorama-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Never was the bankruptcy of a circus so fortuitous to a city.  Not only did they pick up what would…

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Posted in American Countryside Georgia

What Started as a Campaign Poster…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/14Aug13-Atlanta-Cyclorama-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)It began life as a campaign poster, although you would have to have one very large wall to ever hang…

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Posted in American Countryside Civil War Georgia

Remembering the Civil War in Atlanta

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/13Aug13-Atlanta-Cyclorama-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)It’s been over a century and a half since the beginning of the U.S. Civil War, yet many Americans are…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Vermont

Vermont’s Only National Park

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/12Aug13-Marsh-Billings-Rockafeller.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve heard of Yellowstone and Yosemite, but try naming the State of Vermont’s only national park…

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Posted in American Countryside Holocaust World War II

Surviving the Romanians and the Nazis

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/09Aug13-Paula-Neuman-Gris-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Paula Neuman Gris, her mother and younger sister had survived life in a forced labor camp at the hands of…

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Posted in American Countryside Holocaust World War II

The Holocaust From the Eyes of a Child

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/08Aug13-Paula-Neuman-Gris-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Paula Newman Gris was but six years old, but the decision she was about to make could impact her life…

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Posted in American Countryside Holocaust World War II

The Difficult Stories of Surviving the Holocaust

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/07Aug13-Paula-Neuman-Gris-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Paula Neuman Gris was but three years old when her family began to be torn apart by the Holocaust.  Although…

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Posted in Blog History Podcast Scenic Route

Scenic Route 13: Paula Neuman Gris

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/ScenicRoute-013c.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 39:10 — 26.9MB)On this edition of The Scenic Route, Andrew talks to Paula Neuman Gris, who was just three years old when…

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Posted in American Countryside Holocaust World War II

A Holocaust Survivor’s Story

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/06Aug13-Paula-Neuman-Gris-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Over the next few days you’ll be hearing from Paula Neuman Gris, a girl of only four years of age…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri

A Nice Place Called Peculiar

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/05Aug13-Peculiar-Missouri.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Not all of us can live in a normal place. While most of the nation resides in cities that are…

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Posted in Blog Minnesota Tourism

More on Lake Bemidji

Wednesday’s show featured information on the statue of Paul Bunyan and Babe, his trusty blue ox sidekick, on the shores of Lake Bemidji. That’s a…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

Paul & Babe on the Shores of Lake Bemidji

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/02Aug13-Paul-Bunyan-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)On the shores of Lake Bemidji stand Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.  The pair have been immortalized in…

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