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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

Where Two Nations Could Met

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/01Mar24-Council-Grove-Kansas-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The hardwood trees along the Neosho River had been growing here for years.  In fact, many of those old trees…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

A Cedar Rapids Museum of the Past and Present

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/29Feb24-Czech-and-Slovak-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Cedar Rapids, Iowa you’ll find an impressive museum that tells the past and present of a group of people…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

Speaking the Same Language

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/28Feb24-Czech-and-Slovak-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the 1800s many immigrant groups began to move from Europe to the United States.  Specific groups of people would…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

The Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/27Feb24-Prescott-Frontier-Days-Rodeo-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you come to watch this rodeo, you’ll most likely be sitting in seats that were first used in 1913. …

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

The First Rodeo

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/26Feb24-Prescott-Frontier-Days-Rodeo-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Where was the first rodeo held?  You’ll find some debate on the actual beginning point of the sport with several…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

A Long Way from Norway to Oklahoma

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/23Feb24-Heavener-Runestone-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a long way from Norway to Oklahoma.  That’s precisely why this story seems so hard to believe.  However, could…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

Early Oklahoma Visitors

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/22Feb24-Heavener-Runestone-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You can find ancient carvings of Native Americans in many parts of the country.  So when early settlers happened upon…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

Evidence of Vikings in Oklahoma

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/21Feb24-Heavener-Runestone-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you want to learn the story of ancient Vikings you would of course travel to Scandinavia…or Oklahoma of course. …

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

A Visit to Jerome, Arizona

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/20Feb24-Jerome-Arizona-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many a mining boom town has experienced boom and bust.  When this town was just about gone it began to…

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Posted in American Countryside Ohio

President Grant’s Mobile Home

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/19Feb24-Grant-Boyhood-Home.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Presidential birthplaces are visited by many tourists each year.  But no home may have quite the story as this small…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

One of the Largest Cities in the Arizona Territory

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/16Feb24-Jerome-Arizona-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was once one of the largest cities in the Arizona Territory.  Miners made there way to town to get…

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Posted in American Countryside Washington

The Best Thing to Happen to Seattle

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/15Feb24-Seattle-Washington-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This June 6th fire might have been the best thing that ever happened to Seattle, but it sure made shopping…

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Posted in American Countryside Washington

Toilets and Chuckholes

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/14Feb24-Seattle-Washington-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today’s topic is toilets and chuckholes.  You may have never thought those items to be worthy of a feature until…

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Posted in American Countryside Washington

Duwamps, Washington Today

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/13Feb24-Seattle-Washington-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I recently had a chance to visit the city of Duwamps, Washington.  You may have never heard that name, but…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

The Story of the Heath Bar

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/12Feb24-Heath-Bar.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of us have a favorite candy bar…or maybe we can’t narrow it to just one, but have a few. …

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

Antarctic Scientists and Fort Smith, Arkansas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/09Feb23-US-Marshal-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Who makes sure that the scientists of Antarctica are accountable to the law?  It may sound like a strange question,…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

A Museum Dedicated to Federal Law Enforcement

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/08Feb23-US-Marshal-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They are the longest tenured federal law enforcement group in the United States.  Their important work has played a critical…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

A Tour of Vacant Buildings

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/07Feb23-Sumner-Iowa-Vacant-Building-Tour.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Vacant buildings can be eyesores, but they can also be opportunities.  So how do you make it the latter instead…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

A Strange, Damaged Police Car

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/06Feb23-Warren-Minnesota-UFO-Police-Car-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Warren, Minnesota you’ll find a 1970s vintage sheriff’s car on display.  What may be a bit unusual is that…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

Viewing a Car With an Unusual Story

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/02/05Feb23-Warren-Minnesota-UFO-Police-Car-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was late August of 1979 and there was a large, yet strange light near the rural intersection where a…

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