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Best of 2011: Santa Anna

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/28Dec11-Best-of-2011-Santa-Anna.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 937.8KB)It’s been over 150 years since Illinois soldiers faced Santa Anna in the Mexican War. However, traces of that battle…

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Best of 2011: Pioneers of Flight

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/27Dec11-Best-of-2011-Pioneers-of-Flight.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Today a transcontinental flight from New York to L.A. might take about five hours. But do you know how long…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri Podcast

Best of 2011: Helen Netherton

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/26Dec11-Best-of-2011-Helen-Netherton.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 940.0KB)It’s a tradition the last week of each year we give you the “Best of the American Countryside.” And in…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa Podcast

A POW-built Nativity

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/23Dec11-Algona-Nativity-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It was Christmas 1945. German POWs at Camp Algona in Algona, Iowa would be returning to Europe the next year….

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An Odd Request

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/22Dec11-Algona-Nativity-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)At first glance, it might appear to be an odd request. A U.S. commander asked a group of German POWs…

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The Denver Sleigh Works

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/21Dec11-Denver-Sleigh-Works-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Santa needs his sleigh to make deliveries around the world and this man makes sure he’ll never run out of…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Indiana Podcast

Leroy Keyes

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/20Dec11-Leroy-Keyes.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)In 1968, O.J Simpson won the Heisman Trophy, but it was this man who was runner-up in the Heisman balloting…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri Podcast

The New Madrid Earthquake

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/19Dec11-New-Madrid.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Although California and Alaska are most often the epicenter of major earthquakes in the United States, it was the Midwest…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri Podcast

Keith’s Cafe

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/16Dec11-Keiths-Cafe.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)In Memphis, Missouri, there’s a cafĂ© where great food has been served for about 65 years now. This is the…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois Podcast

Leading Tours of the Underground Railroad

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/15Dec11-Alton-Illinois-Underground-Railroad-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Imagine unearthing history from nearly two centuries ago to find the secret routes people used to gain their freedom. That’s…

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A Railroad Town

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/14Dec11-Alton-Illinois-Underground-Railroad-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Railroads spanned these two cities on opposite sides of the Mississippi River, but it was a secret railroad that had…

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The Ketch

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/13Dec11-Ketchum-Sheep.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)When the silver ran out, the sheep moved in–thousands of them, in fact. This place became one of the largest…

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Alaska’s Famous Iditarod

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/Iditarod-Headquarters.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)Some sports not only require thousands of hours of training, they also require a hefty financial investment. For those who…

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A Court-Martial and Pearl Harbor

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/Pearl-Harbor-Sterling-Cale-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Sterling Cale acted with bravery and courage during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Why, then, was he going to be…

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In the Waters at Pearl Harbor

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/Pearl-Harbor-Sterling-Cale-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)He was an eyewitness to history, a man who was in the waters of Pearl Harbor during and after the…

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A Day That Will Live in Infamy

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/Pearl-Harbor-Sterling-Cale-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)He was a farm boy from Illinois who thought he’d received the prime spot for anyone to serve in the…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Michigan Podcast

The Holiday Christmas Store

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/Holiday-Christmas-Store.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)If Santa Claus needed a place to buy all of his decorations, this would be it. It’s big business in…

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Posted in American Countryside Nevada Podcast

Protestors and Nuclear Testing

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/Nevada-Test-Site-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Our nation’s Bill of Rights guarantees its citizens freedom of speech and the right to assemble. When you are director…

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Nuclear Weapons Testing

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/Nevada-Test-Site-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)From the 1950s to 1992, this area north of Las Vegas was where the U.S. conducted most of its nuclear…

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Drilling Holes in the Ground

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/Nevada-Test-Site-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Drilling a hole in the ground may not sound too important. However at this site, much of today’s drilling technology…

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