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Last of the Raids

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/02Mar22-Last-Indian-Raid.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Americans are familiar with the fate of Custer and his men at the Little Big Horn.  It was far from…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Raptors in Peril

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/01Mar22-Bald-Eagles-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, MO is a great place to come and learn about a variety of animals. …

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

The Bald Eagle Comeback

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/28Feb22-Bald-Eagles-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When I was a kid it was a big deal to see a bald eagle in the wild.  In fact,…

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Posted in American Countryside Virginia

The Wise FFA Owl

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/25Feb22-FFA-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You have to give Henry Groseclose a lot of credit.  Not only did he use his hospital stay to write…

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Posted in American Countryside Virginia

Where FFA Began

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/24Feb22-FFA-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The week of George Washington’s birthday is annually celebrated as National FFA week.  Today we trace the history of the…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Jailhouse Rock

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/23Feb22-Stockton-Jailhouse-Rock-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Elvis once sang about the jailhouse rock.  In fact, many of us know that tune decades after it was first…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

God’s Call to Visit the Jail

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/22Feb22-Stockton-Jailhouse-Rock-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Randy Hayward says he’s always tried to follow what God wanted him to do with his life.  But what happened…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

What’s Under Stockton, Missouri?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/21Feb22-Stockton-Missouri-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There were many reason the first pioneers selected specific spots to begin town and cities.  It’s easy to find the…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Defeating Shelby’s Raiders

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/18Feb22-Stockton-Missouri-Jailhouse.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KYOO in Bolivar, Missouri.  Just up the road in Stockton, town residents…

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Posted in American Countryside Nevada

Tying the Knot a Lot

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/17Feb22-Las-Vegas-Weddings-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)February is of course the month noted for love…it’s the month we celebrate Valentine’s Day.  There are many weddings that…

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Posted in American Countryside Nevada

Vegas & Reno – Love & Divorce

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/16Feb22-Las-Vegas-Weddings-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This county performs more weddings than any other in the nation.  You probably have a good idea where that county…

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Posted in American Countryside Tennessee

Tennessee’s Most Photographic Building

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/15Feb22-Clarksville-Customs-House.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The local newspaper originally described it as “an eyesore and public laughing stock.”  Quite a tagline for a building that…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

White Cloud, KS Past and Future

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/14Feb22-White-Cloud-Past-and-Future.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of us like to reminisce about the way things once were.  They do that a bit in White Cloud,…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

Origin of the Piggy Bank

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/11Feb22-White-Cloud-Piggy-Bank-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Maybe you had a piggy bank as a child, or perhaps you still do.  In a moment I’ll take you…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

Pete the Pig

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/10Feb22-White-Cloud-Piggy-Bank-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We all have causes that are close to our heart – organizations or individuals that we donate to in order…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

White Cloud, Kansas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/09Feb22-White-Cloud-Kansas.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you drive into White Cloud, Kansas, along the banks of the Missouri River, some people will see a ghost…

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Posted in American Countryside Virginia

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/08Feb22-Patrick-Henry-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It may be one of the most famous speeches ever delivered.  Even if you know nothing else of about the…

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Who Lived at Red Hill?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/02/07Feb22-Patrick-Henry-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)His leadership skills rivaled those of Washington and Jefferson…and his speaking skills were superior…yet when you mention his home of…

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Posted in American Countryside Maine

This American City Speaks French

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/04Feb22-Fort-Kent-Maine-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people like the sun, others like the snow and some need a little of both.  But when you live…

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Posted in American Countryside Maine

 The Top of Route 1

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/03Feb22-Fort-Kent-Maine-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just as Route 66 is one of the most famous highways in American, this road running up and down the…

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