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A Farm With A Long Lineage
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/12Feb18-Todd-Syrup-Farm-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In some parts of the country having a farm that is over a century old is quite an accomplishment. For…
All Ears On A Small Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/09Feb18-Fulton-Churchill-Iron-Curtain-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Fulton, Missouri is today a town of about 10,000 people. When compared to the cities of the world it is…
A Big Name With a Big Speech
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/08Feb18-Fulton-Churchill-Iron-Curtain-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Many colleges invite dignitaries to their campus to give a lecture. But this was no ordinary speaker and this was…
A Symbol of Determination in the Face of Crisis
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/07Feb18-Fulton-Churchill-Iron-Curtain-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)He was a symbol of determination in the face of crisis – a man who led one of the great…
An Inspiration for Small Town Basketball Teams
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/06Feb18-Hoosiers-Hickory-Indiana-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Once upon a time, I started for my high school basketball team in the smallest class of schools at King…
A Town You May Know As Hickory
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/05Feb18-Hoosiers-Hickory-Indiana-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)There’s a chance you’ve heard of Milan, Indiana, but many of you have not. Or maybe you did but you…
A Determined Person in Waynesville, Missouri
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/01/02Feb18-Old-Pulaski-County-Stagecoach-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes all it takes is one determined person. That was the case in Waynesville, MO. If not for one such…
The Old Stagecoach Stop
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/01/01Feb18-Old-Pulaski-County-Stagecoach-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s simply known as the “Old Stagecoach Stop.” That title gives you an idea of what the building might have…
A Museum That Curates the Old
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/01/31Jan18-Calico-Rock-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)You think of a museum as a place that preserves the old. Here, the museum curates the old, but it’s…
Filling Up the Empty Storefronts
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/01/30Jan18-Calico-Rock-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Storefronts that were once full, were empty. What could be done? How could a small town of 1000 turn it…
A Town Making a Turnaround
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/01/29Jan18-Calico-Rock-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KTLO in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Today’s feature is all about a town…
The Oasis in the Desert
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/26Jan18-Palm-Springs-Tour.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Before Palm Springs was a resort town–before Palm Springs was really even a town, for that matter; movie stars began…
Crops For Those Who Aren’t Afraid of Heights
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/25Jan18-Date-Farming-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Some farmers need expensive, high tech equipment to harvest their crops. This crop requires a very low-tech method of harvest…but…
A Unique Farm
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/24Jan18-Date-Farming-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)David’s farm is just 2 ½ acres in size…but that does not mean he’s not busy. In fact, the crop…
An Astronaut Program For Women
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/23Jan18-Mercury-Women-Program-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)In the early 1980s, the United States put its first woman into space, a full two decades after space travel…
Training Another Gender for Outer Space
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/22Jan18-Mercury-Women-Program-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)The first man in space, the first man to orbit the earth, the first man to walk on the moon…you…
The Worst Blizzard You Ever Experienced
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/19Jan18-Mt-Washington-Weather-Observatory-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)If you are ever tempted to think the winter weather where you live is bad…just wait until you hear Brian…
Extreme Conditions At the Top of the Mountain
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/18Jan18-Mt-Washington-Weather-Observatory-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)The warmest temperature ever recorded here was 72 degrees. It once got down to 47 below. Brian Clark’s job is…
Clear For 130 Miles
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/17Jan18-Mt-Washington-Weather-Observatory-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)This lookout sees an average of 237 days of fog each year…but on a clear day you can see up…
Recycling With Positive Change
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/16Jan18-Purdy-Missouri-Recycling-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)We’ve all heard of recycling programs, but this one in a small town in southern Missouri has a bit of…
