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Posted in American Countryside Wyoming

Riding 8 Seconds

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/15Oct24-Lane-Frost.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)World class sprinters can complete the 100 meters in under 10 seconds.  In this sport, you are world class at…

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Posted in American Countryside Wyoming

The Daddy of Them All

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/14Oct24-Cheyenne-Frontier-Days-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s billed as the “Daddy of Them All” and that it is – a rodeo so big and so grand…

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Posted in American Countryside Wyoming

Enticing People to Take a Ride

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/11Oct24-Cheyenne-Frontier-Days-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The railroad was looking for ways to entice people to ride the rails for one day excursions to see unique…

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Posted in American Countryside Tennessee

Hatch Show Prints

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/10Oct24-Hatch-Show-Print-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Inside the Country Music Hall of Fame you’ll find a shop with roots that go all the way back to…

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Posted in American Countryside Tennessee

What Nashville Was Originally Known For

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/09Oct24-Hatch-Show-Print-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we think of Nashville as a city for country music.  Back in the late 1800s, there was music here,…

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Posted in American Countryside Wisconsin

Developing a Silver Fox

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/18Oct24-Fromm-Brothers-Fus-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Fromm Brothers might be said to have been as “sly as a fox.”  That’s because their business plan led…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

Matchstick Marvels

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/08Oct24-Matchstick-Marvels-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I had long wanted to go see what so many people had told me about.  A small gallery of sorts…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

A Unique Hobby

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/07Oct24-Matchstick-Marvels-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A lot of folks have hobbies.  Most of those pastimes are purely for one’s own enjoyment, but occasionally, some of…

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Posted in American Countryside Delaware

The Lewes, Delaware Sideshow

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/04Oct24-Lewes-Sideshow.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many a circus has it’s main acts and then has a sideshow to entice people to pay to see unusual…

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Posted in American Countryside Delaware

A Great Treasure Hunt

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/03Oct24-Delawares-Sunken-Treasure-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There was a great treasure hunt taking place off the shore of Lewes, Delaware.  The real treasure though was perhaps…

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Posted in American Countryside Delaware

Delaware’s Sunken Treasure

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/02Oct24-Delawares-Sunken-Treasure-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When a British ship sank off the coast of Delaware in the late 1700s, some of the crew was lost…

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Posted in American Countryside Delaware

The First Town in the First State

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/01Oct24-First-Town-in-the-First-State.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s referred to as the first town in the country’s first state…that first state being the first one to ratify…

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Posted in American Countryside Michigan

A Homecoming Dance Like None Other

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/30Sep24-Cadillac-Michigan-KISS-Football-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There perhaps has never been a homecoming dance like the 1975 Cadillac, Michigan version.  The students and the entire town…

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Posted in American Countryside Michigan

Music Ahead of the Football Game

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/27Sep24-Cadillac-Michigan-KISS-Football-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many high school sports teams warm up to specific music and that was the case for the Cadillac, Michigan football…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

The Success of James Banning

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/26Sep24-James-Banning-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today there are many flights each day that connect the two coasts of this nation.  In the early years of…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

Early Options for Aviation

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/25Sep24-James-Banning-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today is a person want to learn to fly a plane, there are many options of places you can go…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

The Story of Jack Trice Stadium

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/24Sep24-Iowa-State-Jack-Trice-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I have long known that the Iowa State Cyclones football team plays at Jack Trice stadium.  Those not from nearby…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

The Impact of Events

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/23Sep24-Iowa-State-Jack-Trice-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1923 what is today Iowa State University played a football game at the University of Minnesota.  In part, due…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

A Place Called El Cuartelejo

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/20Sep24-Scott-City-Pueblo-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Near Kansas’ border with Colorado you can find a place called El Cuartelejo.  It’s the ruins of an ancient home…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

A Dwelling That Doesn’t Belong in Kansas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/19Sep24-Scott-City-Pueblo-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In western Kansas you can find the foundations for an old Native American settlement.  Perhaps that doesn’t seem too out…

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