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The Holocaust From the Eyes of a Child
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/08Aug13-Paula-Neuman-Gris-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Paula Newman Gris was but six years old, but the decision she was about to make could impact her life…
The Difficult Stories of Surviving the Holocaust
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/07Aug13-Paula-Neuman-Gris-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Paula Neuman Gris was but three years old when her family began to be torn apart by the Holocaust. Although…
A Holocaust Survivor’s Story
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/06Aug13-Paula-Neuman-Gris-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Over the next few days you’ll be hearing from Paula Neuman Gris, a girl of only four years of age…
A Nice Place Called Peculiar
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/05Aug13-Peculiar-Missouri.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Not all of us can live in a normal place. While most of the nation resides in cities that are…
Paul & Babe on the Shores of Lake Bemidji
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/02Aug13-Paul-Bunyan-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)On the shores of Lake Bemidji stand Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. The pair have been immortalized in…
Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/01Aug13-Paul-Bunyan-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Just about all of us have heard of him and most of us would say he’s just a make believe…
Native American Portraits
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/31Jul13-St-Joseph-Native-American-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What on the surface may appear to be just a bunch of paintings of important Native American leaders, is actually…
Fashion from Three Hundred Years Ago
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/30Jul13-St-Joseph-Native-American-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)You may believe the fashions of two hundred and three hundred years ago was drab and uninspiring. Come to this…
Adding to the Show-Me State
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/07/29Jul13-St-Joseph-Native-American-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)When the state of Missouri was first established, it was missing what is today its northwest corner of six counties. …
Video Stars from the Farming World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/07Jun13-Peterson-Brothers.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Music video stars and farmers may seem to live in two far different worlds. Don’t tell that to the Peterson…
Honoring A Top Secret Mission
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/06Jun13-Christian-Christiansen-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)The military exercise was top secret. When this mission was finally opened to the public, the reverend who played the…
The Pastor Who Helped
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/05Jun13-Christian-Christiansen-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)During World War II the Germans raced against the Americans to be the first to successfully build an atomic bomb….
Racing on Mount Washington
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/04Jun13-Mt-Washington-Road-Race.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine running the Daytona 500 on a mountain road with steep grades and no guardrails. The cars may not be…
The Old Lunch Wagon
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/03Jun13-Gardner-Illinois-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)The old lunch wagon began as a horse drawn vehicle. Over the years in became a permanent fixture here, a…
The Little Jail In Gardner, Illinois
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/31May13-Gardner-Illinois-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)The need for maximum security prisons is an unfortunate reality of life. On the other end of the spectrum is…
A Stop In Pontiac, Illinois
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/30May13-Pontiac-Illinois-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Pontiac, Illinois is an interesting mix of the old and new. It’s a place that’s worked to preserve its heritage,…
A Mark on the Door Frame
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/29May13-Pontiac-Illinois-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Many a family has recorded the heights of their growing children by placing a mark on a door or doorpost…
Pontiac, Illinois’ Route 66 Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/28May13-Pontiac-Illinois-Route-66-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Pontiac, Illinois is home to a Hall of Fame for a very famous American road. The museum itself is very…
Dinosaur Valley Park
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/27May13-Dinosaur-Valley-2013.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)The animal tracks are three foot in width–and they are real–not made by an imaginary bigfoot, but plain to see…
The Higgins Memorial
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/04/24May13-Higgins-Memorial.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Every Memorial Day we remember are family and friends who have passed. Many communities will also remember their veterans and…
