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The City of Porches
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/23May17-Greenup-Illinois-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some say this small Midwestern town has the look of New Orleans’ French Quarter. When you drive down Main Street…
Volunteers Helping Others in Tragedies
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/22May17-Clara-Barton-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we see these volunteers helping others around the world after natural disasters and other tragedies. It all began with…
One of the Most Recognized Organizations
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/19May17-Clara-Barton-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today it is one of the most recognized organizations helping those in need…and its story began with one women helping…
Preparing for a Crowd of Thousands
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/18May17-Solar-Eclipse-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)St. Joseph, Missouri is a town of about 75,000 people. However, this August, there are estimates that up to a…
Star-Gazing In the Afternoon
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/17May17-Solar-Eclipse-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)God willing, I know where I will be at 1PM on August 21st. I’ll be outside our home looking at…
Elusive Trips Around the World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/16May17-Solar-Eclipse-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people will travel the nation and world to hear or see their favorite band or team. Jackie has made…
A Once-In-A-Lifetime Event
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/15May17-Solar-Eclipse-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The last time this event took place in the continental United States was 1979. Now, thirty-eight years later, it’s back…
The George Washington Carver Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/12May17-George-Washington-Carver-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Garret Morgan, but you’ve been impacted by his inventions. But incredibly, there…
Two Doors To the Same Building
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/11May17-George-Washington-Carver-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)When I went to this building to do today’s feature, I was a little confused. There were two front doors…
Taking School To the Students
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/10May17-George-Washington-Carver-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the days when it was difficult for some to come to school, the school went to the students. And…
A Two Story Outhouse
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/09May17-Two-Story-Outhouse.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may be tempted to believe this small building in central Illinois is just a gimmick devised for people to…
The Little Jail
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/08May17-Little-Jail.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)The need for maximum security prisons is an unfortunate reality of life. On the other end of the spectrum is…
The Spruce Goose
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/05May17-Spruce-Goose-2017.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)This plane made but one flight – a trip that lasted about one mile just a few yards off of…
Buying Land With a Catch
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/04May17-El-Dorado-Mine-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)All Shawna’s father wanted was a five acre patch of land to access the Colorado River. He soon learned that…
Hiring Women to Populate a Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/03May17-El-Dorado-Mine-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The proposal had to sound ridiculous to just about everyone who heard it, save the men who sprang the idea. …
The El Dorado Mine
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/02May17-El-Dorado-Mine-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)This canyon was once a bustling place full of men looking to make big money in the gold mines. The…
An Unusual White Rock
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/01May17-El-Dorado-Mine-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A place can be deceiving. That was exactly the case here in what is today’s desert south of Las Vegas….
Seaman’s Bethel
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/28Apr17-New-Bedford-Seamans-Bethel.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)You’ll find many churches in New Bedford, Massachusetts, but you’ll have to look far and wide to find one with…
A Ship Called Dartmouth
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/27Apr17-New-Bedford-Whaling-Museum-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The ship’s name was the Dartmouth. When it took a cargo of whale oil to England no one perhaps thought…
How Things Change
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/26Apr17-New-Bedford-Whaling-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Did you ever leave home for a while, then return and find that lots had changed? That was commonplace in…
