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Counseling Others About Ag Business

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/19Mar12-Sarah-Aubrey.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 1.4MB)Many farmers have considered beginning their own small business that might sell ag products directly to consumers.  There are many…

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Great Acoustics

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/16Mar12-Ryman-Auditorium-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)The Mormon Tabernacle is regarded as having the best acoustics in the nation.  What place ranks second?  It’s a place…

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The Union Gospel Tabernacle

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/15Mar12-Ryman-Auditorium-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)This place was once known as Union Gospel Tabernacle.  Some of the greatest evangelists of the 19th and 20th centuries…

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Building a Church for a Preacher

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/14Mar12-Ryman-Auditorium-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)There was once a river boat captain, whose life was changed by a preacher.  He built a church for that…

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The Landmark Inn

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/13Mar12-Landmark-Inn.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)Gary says people should be wary of realtors who say, “Just make a bid on it.”  If you do make…

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Boys on Board in the Civil War Navy

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/12Mar12-Civil-War-Navy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:55 — 1.3MB)Imagine boys 11 to 15 years of age going to war.  It was reality for these young men and the…

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The Navy in the Civil War

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/09Mar12-Civil-War-Navy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)Perhaps you’ve heard of the story of the Monitor and Merramack…the first two ironclad ships to do battle in the…

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A State Capitol in a Downtown Hotel

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/08Mar12-Oklahoma-City-Capitol-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)This state’s government was ready to move out of its temporary home in a downtown hotel.  However, the route to…

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Home Is Where the Sign Hangs

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/07Mar12-Oklahoma-City-Capitol-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It’s said, “home is where the heart is.”  And in this state it can be said, “The capitol is where…

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Where To Put the Capital?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/Oklahoma-City-Capitol-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Voters often face multiple choices when electing candidates for office.  But the residents of this state had a most unique…

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Butte Speakeasy

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Butte-Speakeasy.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.7KB)Beginning in the 1920’s, the 18th amendment made the manufacturing and consumption of alcohol illegal.  During that time, something known…

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Last Indian Raid Museum

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/Last-Indian-Raid.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Americans are familiar with the fate of Custer and his men at the Little Big Horn.  It was far from…

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Opening Day of Trout Season

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/Bennett-Springs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It’s a section of stream that annually sees 150,000 anglers take their chances against about a half million trout.  Some…

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A Great Train Robbery

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/Jesse-James-Train-Robbery.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Great train robberies are the stuff of some great wild west movies.  In real life though, they say the first…

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A Famous Speech in History

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/28Feb12-Patrick-Henry-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It may be the most famous speech in American history.  In fact, it’s the final line of that speech that…

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A Man on the Move

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/27Feb12-Patrick-Henry-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)His leadership skills rivaled Washington and Jefferson, and his speaking ability surpassed them.  While Washington and Jefferson had their famous…

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The Wallace Family

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/24Feb12-Henry-Wallace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)This father and son pair both served as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.  The son even became Vice President of…

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The Customs House

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/23Feb12-Customs-House.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)The local newspaper originally described it as an eyesore and public laughing stock.  Quite a tagline for a building that…

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Fort Defiance

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/22Feb12-Fort-Defiance.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Most cities don’t renovate a Civil War fort that never fired a shot.  Then again, one could make the case…

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Ceremonies and Owls

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/21Feb12-FFA-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)You have to give Henry Groseclose a lot of credit.  Not only did he use his hospital stay to write…

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