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The Shaker Village
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/17Dec25-Shaker-Village-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In western Massachusetts you’ll find a picturesque farm with a history that stretches all the way back to the late…
Using Innovative Farming Practices
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/16Dec25-Shaker-Village-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some may come to this farming village and think the methods they used are antiquated. However, a deeper look at…
A Religion With Dancing
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/15Dec25-Shaker-Village-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When this religious group first came to North America, many citizens did not know what to make of their interesting…
The American Clock and Watch Museum
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/12Dec25-American-Clock-and-Watch-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many people think the most intricate timepieces made today are those constructed by the Swiss. But there was once a…
Keeping Track of Time
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/11Dec25-American-Clock-and-Watch-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Our time is something pretty important to most of us. We may keep track of it with our phone or…
Guy Gruters’ Story
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/10Dec25-POW-Guy-Gruters-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Guy Gruters was held as a prisoner of war for over five years in Vietnam. Over fifty years after his…
A Prisoner of War for Over Five Years
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/09Dec25-POW-Guy-Gruters-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Guy Gruters was taken as a prisoner of war just before Christmas of 1967. It was the beginning of over…
400 Combat Missions in Vietnam
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/12/08Dec25-POW-Guy-Gruters-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Guy Gruters flew over 400 combat missions in the Vietnam War. Two of those missions resulted in him ejecting from…
The Ace of Clubs House
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/11/05Dec25-Ace-of-Clubs-House-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a home with gigantic ceilings and a resident who had over 500 pairs of shoes, not to mention it…
Building a House from a Gambling Fortune
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/11/04Dec25-Ace-of-Clubs-House-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When this man won a card game that gained him a small fortune, he decided to build his family a…
A City on the State Line
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/11/03Dec25-Texarkana.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This city was established on a state line and one of its most important buildings is literally on top of…
Where Doctor Training Began
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/11/02Dec25-AT-Still-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Thirty percent of all doctors trained in the U.S. have this distinction. The story of how it all began can…
Turning To a New Occupation
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/11/01Dec25-AT-Still-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Andrew wanted to be a farmer, but when a drought wiped out his crop, he had thoughts of teaching school. …
More Than Sacks
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/11/28Nov25-Corn-Sacks-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes the packaging is even more important than the product inside – at least that’s what some marketers will tell…
Nurturing a Unique Collection
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/11/27Nov25-Corn-Sacks-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Ron Kelsey loved going to the state fair with his dad. Not only was it a big trip for a…
Rescuing An Old Gem
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/11/26Nov25-Fort-Recovery-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the late 1800s, this town was in need of a place to hold large gatherings and what resulted was…
Fort Recovery
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/11/25Nov25-Fort-Recovery-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1791 the U.S. Army lost hundreds of soldiers in battle in present day west central Ohio. When a new…
Preserving Land for Settlement
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/11/24Nov25-Fort-Recovery-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)As this nation neared it’s twentieth birthday, President George Washington was intent on securing the land in present day Ohio…
Sharing the Farming Story
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/11/21Nov25-Boal-Estate-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This family can trace it’s lineage to a family member who escaped execution by having himself smuggling out of the…
A Reputation for Transportation
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2025/11/20Nov25-Bellfountain-Ohio.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This Ohio town has long been known for it’s tie to transportation. Name any mode of travel and they probably…
