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Posted in American Countryside Michigan

The Tip of the Mitt

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/13Dec24-McGulpin-Point-Lighthouse-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many have heard of Plymouth Rock, the famous landing spot of the Pilgrims.  But at the northern tip of Michigan,…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

The Nevada Northern Railway

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/12Dec24-Ely-Nevada-Railway-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Steam locomotives are a thing of the past, but not everywhere.  A trip to eastern Nevada will show you a…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

The Boom in Eastern Nevada

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/11Dec24-Ely-Nevada-Railway-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the early 1900s, this area of eastern Nevada saw a boom that brought men and families from all points…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

McDonald’s Non-Golden Arches in Sedona

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/10Dec24-Sedona-Arizona-History-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some businesses are known by their iconic logos.  For instance, if I refer to the golden arches, you know it’s…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

Where Sedona’s Name Comes From

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/09Dec24-Sedona-Arizona-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many would say Sedona, Arizona is a beautiful place with a beautiful and unique name.  But where did that name…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

The Origins of Sedona

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/06Dec24-Sedona-Arizona-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before Sedona became a draw for tourists, this type of farming drew homesteaders here.  In fact, one important museum there…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

Merle Hay

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/05Dec24-Merle-Hay.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For many years whenever I drive around the northern edge of Des Moines, on interstates 80 and 35, I have…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

The M&M Divide

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/04Dec24-MM-Divide-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We’ve all heard of the Continental Divide, but have you heard of the M and M Divide?  That high point…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

The Lincoln Highway

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/03Dec24-MM-Divide-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before today’s network of interstate highways was built, there were early routes constructed to cross the nation and help the…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

Heider Tractor

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/02Dec24-Heider-Tractor.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the early 19th century, many companies began to build tractors.  A wide variety of designs were used to try…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

The Near-End of the NBA Lakers

Today the Los Angeles Lakers are one of the most recognized teams in the NBA.  But one night in Carroll, Iowa back in 1960, the…

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Posted in American Countryside West Virginia

The First Thanksgiving at Berkley Plantation

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/28Nov24-Berkley-Plantation-Thanksgiving.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may have thought Thanksgiving dates back to the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony in today’s state of Massachusetts.  But, in…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

Handy Skills for Landing in an Iowa Cornfield

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/27Nov24-Lakers-Plane-Crash-Carroll-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)During World War II many airplanes made landings on places other that a smooth concrete runway.  The planes of the…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

A Town Buzzed by a DC-3

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/26Nov24-Lakers-Plane-Crash-Carroll-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a cold, snowy night in 1960.  Residents of one Iowa town were mostly asleep when they suddenly began…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

Horses & Riders Racing Mail

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/25Nov24-Hollenberg-Pony-Express-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The pony express was in operation for just a little over a year, however the story of horses and riders…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

Location, Location, Location

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/22Nov24-Hollenberg-Pony-Express-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They say that in real estate, the three most important things are location, location, location.  That was true even in…

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Posted in American Countryside Pennsylvania

The Christiana Riot

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/21Nov24-Christiana-Riot-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s called the Christiana Riot – a showdown between a slave owner and those harboring his runaway slaves.  It led…

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Posted in American Countryside Pennsylvania

Brave Former Slaves

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/20Nov24-Christiana-Riot-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the years before the Civil War, many people stood up for the cause of freedom and equality.  Some of…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

The Wigwam Motel

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/19Nov24-Wigwam-Hotel.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you, your kids or even your grandkids have seen the movie Cars, then you probably remember the Cozy Cones. …

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

How the Ocean Affected Yuma

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/18Nov24-Yuma-Crossing-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)George Strait once sang that he had some ocean front property in Arizona and if you’d buy that he’d throw…

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