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Trying to Hold Harry Houdini

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Harry-Houdini-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)They threw him in jail cells, put him in straight jackets, handcuffed him underwater, suspended him in the air from…

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Posted in American Countryside Podcast Wisconsin

Harry Houdini

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Harry-Houdini-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)When you mention the name Harry Houdini, you, of course, recall him for his famous card tricks. Probably not. However,…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of New Jersey

Living Through The War of the Worlds

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/War-of-the-Worlds.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It was Halloween Eve, 1938. Suddenly, the ghosts and goblins that were just an imagination in one’s mind became very…

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The Dusenberg

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/23Oct09-Dusenberg.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.0MB)In Northeast Indiana, there’s a town that once produced the top cars of the day. In this very showroom, some…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana Podcast

A Flight Plan for Life

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Vernice-Flygirl-Armour-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Vernice Armour was a combat pilot in Iraq.  It was an extraordinary mission, working to rebuild the country and protecting…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana Podcast

Vernice “Flygirl” Armour

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Vernice-Flygirl-Armour-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Vernice had a dream to fly. However, that dream wasn’t simply to take to the air, but to push the…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas Podcast

The End of the Pony Express

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Pony-Express-Marysville.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KNDY.  It was in their home town one hundred fifty years ago…

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Posted in American Countryside Ohio Podcast

The Packard Museum

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/24Oct11-Packard-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)Name your favorite brand of car and you can probably find a dealership within a reasonable distance of your home….

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The Packard

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Packard-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)It was the luxury car of the first half of the 20th century. Today, the company is gone, but the…

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Posted in American Countryside Ohio Podcast

Home of the Pop-tab, Cash Register and More

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Dayton-Inventions.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)If you are over 30 years old, you probably remember aluminum cans that had the old pull off tabs. Today,…

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The Other Wright Brothers Plane

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Dayton-Wright-Brothers.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)The Wright Brothers first took flight in 1903 and that plane is in the Smithsonian. But the brothers said there…

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Posted in American Countryside food Ohio Podcast

More Than An Ice Cream Cone

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Youngs-Dairy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)When is an ice cream cone, more than just ice cream in a cone? We solve that riddle…..

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A Family Dairy for Over 150 Years

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Youngs-Dairy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)This week we’ll be in the Dayton, Ohio area as we say hello to our listeners on the classic country…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of West Virginia

A Bunker Hidden in Plain Site

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Greenbrier-Bunker-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)In 1958 construction began on a new wing at the luxurious Greenbrier resort in West Virginia. What many people didn’t…

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Project Greek Island

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Greenbrier-Bunker-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It was called project Greek Island and it was just a part of this nation’s preparedness during the cold war….

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Setting Sail for the Americas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Christopher-Columbus-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)If you told Columbus’ crew to hang on to the “bitter end,” they probably would not take you up on…

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Columbus’ Favorite Ship

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Christopher-Columbus-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)We’ve all learned that Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 14 hundred and 92. We know he had three ships,…

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The Presidency of Zachary Taylor

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Zachary-Taylor-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Although this president died in office in 1850, his body was exhumed over a century later to determine if his…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa Podcast

New Mellary Caskets

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/New-Mellary-Abbey-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)When people began attending funerals here, many had the exact same reaction. They mentioned that when they passed, they wanted…

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Making Use of Their Timber

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/New-Mellary-Abbey-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)These men had about 3500 acres of farmland, pasture and timber. However, tilling the land they owned was becoming more…

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