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Guarding the Embassy in Tehran
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/10Nov16-Iran-Hostage-Rocky-Sickmann-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In 1979 Rocky Sickmann received his first assignment at a Marine Security Guard. He knew it could be a challenge,…
Joining the Marines
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/09Nov16-Iran-Hostage-Rocky-Sickmann-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Rocky Sickmann grew up in a rural area not far from St. Louis. He had never ventured too far from…
The Very Large Array
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/08Nov16-VLA-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the early 1980s this flat, desolate rangeland saw a major change. Now it is not only home to herds…
Seeing Light Years Away
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/07Nov16-VLA-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Being able to see far ahead helps one plan for the future. Here on the barren plains of New Mexico…
The Final Duel
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/04Nov16-The-Final-Duel.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Dueling was a way to solve serious disputes early in our nation’s history. However it’s this duel in 1859 that’s…
The Ship that Became a Building
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/03Nov16-A-Ship-Turned-Building.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many 19th century immigrants came to the U.S. on ships. When these enterprising men arrived, they found a unique use…
The Western End of the Pony Express
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/02Nov16-West-End-of-the-Pony-Express.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The eastern end of the Pony Express was in St. Joseph, Missouri. You can still go and see the stables…
Lifting Sacramento
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/01Nov16-Sacramento-History-Underground-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If your home or business flooded, you might seek higher ground. Here, the people didn’t go somewhere else, they just…
The Field that Became Bakersfield
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/31Oct16-Sacramento-History-Underground-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It was just an ordinary field until the winter of 1862. That’s when floodwaters pushed onto the land and a…
Longer Than Noah’s Flood
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/28Oct16-Sacramento-History-Underground-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve heard of Noah’s flood. This city had it worse it terms of numbers of straight days of rain. What…
The Other Inauguration
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/27Oct16-They-Also-Ran-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)On the day the latest U.S. president is sworn into office, the runner-up will receive their own ceremony just a…
The “Biggest Loser”
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/26Oct16-They-Also-Ran-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This man ran for president five times and never won. Some may call him the “biggest loser.” Here it just…
They Also Ran
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/25Oct16-They-Also-Ran-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you competed in a race and didn’t win, you might be labeled an “also ran.” But in this town,…
June McCarroll
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/24Oct16-June-McCarrol.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Today you could get a ticket if you don’t drive on your side of the road. But in 1917, Dr….
The Man Who Buys Museums
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/21Oct16-Museums-in-a-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Did you ever imagine you might turn a collection into your own museum? This man has museums within museums. In…
Harold Bell Wright
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/20Oct16-Harold-Bell-Wright.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Harold Bell Wright. He was one of the top author’s a century…
The World’s Largest Toy Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/19Oct16-Branson-Worlds-Largest-Toy-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The parents of every young kids, and some old ones, know they love their toys. Tom Beck set out to…
Tom Beck’s Collecting
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/18Oct16-Branson-Worlds-Largest-Toy-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What should you do with your time when you retire? Tom and Wendy Beck took an adventure that resulted in…
Sacagawea
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/17Oct16-Sacagawea-2016.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)She is probably the most well known Native American woman in our country’s history…a lady vital to the success of…
10,000 Bottle of Soda Pop
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/14Oct16-Dicks-Five-and-Ten-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This is the type of store you can get lost in. Not because the layout is a maze, but rather…
