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The Walter Kronkite Memorial

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/25Apr16-Walter-Kronkite-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)How fast do you speak?  You’ve probably never thought about it, but this man knew the exact pace he needed…

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The Most Trusted Man in America

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/22Apr16-Walter-Kronkite-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was known as “the most trusted man in America.”  That’s a big title to live up to, but one…

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A Heroic War Correspondent

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/21Apr16-Walter-Kronkite-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)This man made a name for himself as a war correspondent.  In fact, he even flew into the front lines…

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The “Other” History at Fort Knox

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/20Apr16-Fort-Knox-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When most of us hear of Fort Knox, we think of gold.  While gold is there, there is much more…

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Who Has the Most Gold In the US?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/19Apr16-Fort-Knox-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Whether you have any or not, many of us are fascinated by gold.  It’s the storyline of many a tv…

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Posted in American Countryside Kentucky

Is the Gold Still at Fort Knox?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/18Apr16-Fort-Knox-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Everyone knows that much of the nation’s gold is at Fort Knox.  Or is it?  That’s the question many wondered…

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Building the Vault at Fort Knox

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/12Apr16-Boundary-Oak-Distillery-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve heard of the gold at Fort Knox, and while we can’t go inside the vault, we do know much…

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The Gold Act

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/11Apr16-Boundary-Oak-Distillery-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)During the depths of the US Depression in the 1930s, the federal government took several steps to spur the economy. …

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Patton’s Armored Diesel

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/15Apr16-Fort-Knox-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Sometimes people will use secret codes to keep vital information from slipping into the wrong hands.  General Patton used such…

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Rediscovering Drinks Before Prohibition

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/14Apr16-Fort-Knox-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the U.S. adopted prohibition in 1920, most alcohol production ceased, but when production resumed in the 1930s, it seems…

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Boundary Oak Bourbon

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/13Apr16-Boundary-Oak-Distillery-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You can still find some old deeds that use a large tree to mark a property boundary.  Such was the…

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Wonders of the Tuckaleeche Caverns

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/08Apr16-Tuckaleeche-Caverns.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For centuries, people have recognized the natural beauty along the border of Tennessee and North Carolina. We call it the…

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One Amazing Vantage Point

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/07Apr16-Docville-Farms-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s only five stories tall, but it might as well be a skyscraper when you consider the view you get…

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Docville Farms

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/06Apr16-Docville-Farms-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s called Docville Farms, a working farm that is really just a portion of the vast acreage owned by one…

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New Orleans’ Plantations

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/05Apr16-Docville-Farms-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The plantations east of New Orleans once grew indigo as a cash crop.  Today, some of that land has been…

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Composing Music for Walt Disney

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/04Apr16-Streator-Illinois-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You’ve most likely never heard his name, but you’ve likely heard his music.  His family tried to dissuade him from…

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The Small Town that Served 1.5 Million Troops

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/01Apr16-Streator-Illinois-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many people like to be patriotic and support our troops.  This small town went well above and beyond, helping over…

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Discovering Pluto

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/31Mar16-Streator-Illinois-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)He was a farm kid who discovered one of the most distant objects in our solar system.  And recently, his…

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Sutter and the 49ers

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/30Mar16-Sutters-Fort-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was all quite by accident.  A mechanic installing a water powered sawmill discovered gold in the process.  But the…

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The Bear Flag Republic

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/29Mar16-Sutters-Fort-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You may know the state of California’s flag has a bear on it.  But did you know that before it…

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