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Monks and the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/New-Mellary-Abbey-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Who helped supply the Union army’s depot in Galena, Illinois during the Civil War? The monks at this abbey, of…
Aroostook County’s Potato Harvest
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Maine-Potato-Harvest-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)This week, many schools in this county are giving their students a couple of weeks of vacation. It is a…
The International Towing and Recovery Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Towing-Museum-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Not long after the first cars were made, the first cars began to break down or get involved in accidents….
The Story Behind Lincoln Park’s Lily Pool
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Lincoln-Park-Lilly-Pool.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)This famous architect was hired to design one of Chicago’s famous park landscapes. No sooner did he design it than…
Die or Betray a Friend?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Sam-Davis-2011-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Sam Davis had an important choice to make. His decision would determine if he would live or be hung…..
A Story Everyone from Tennessee Knows by Heart
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Sam-Davis-2011-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)His job was to use his stealth to maneuver through enemy lines and gather as much information as possible for…
Dozens of Currencies
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Old-State-Bank-Currency.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)One, five, ten, twenty? Those are the denominations of bills we normally see when paying for items. Now imagine that…
Herman, Missouri
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Herman-Missouri-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Why did one family move their piano making business from Philadelphia to a fledgling community in the Midwest? In may…
The German Settlement Society
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Herman-Missouri-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Today we might look at a travel guide for insights on where to take a vacation. Those who looked at…
Buying a Russian Mig
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Quincy-World-Aerospace-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It can be a hassle filling out paperwork when you buy or trade a new car or truck. But what’s…
The World Aerospace Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Quincy-World-Aerospace-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Quincy, Illinois has a nice airport which links its citizens to thousands of flights around the globe. But what many…
Show-Me Energy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Show-Me-Energy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 955.1KB)We may have heard of cellulosic ethanol production, but cellulosic plants can be used to provide a variety of energy…
Robert Rothschild Farm
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Robert-Rothschild.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It all began with a west coast couple that wanted to grow some raspberries in the Midwest. It became one…
Feeding People in a Different Way
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Ohio-Food-Bank-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)If you were dropped inside this building and had no idea what it was, it might take you awhile to…
An Old Mattress Warehouse
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Ohio-Food-Bank-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)What can you do with an old mattress warehouse? Use it to feed thousands of people in twenty counties. That’s…
The House with the Gothic Window
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/American-Gothic-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Holly Berg finds a steady stream of people that stop by her office to have their picture taken in overalls…
Painting Your Sister and Dentist
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/American-Gothic-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)If an artist painted a picture of his sister and his dentist, you’d probably doubt it would be anything special….
Pioneers of Flight: Stratosphere Balloons
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Pioneers-of-Flight-Stratosphere-Balloons.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Before men could go into outer space, they first had to make it into the stratosphere. Many people don’t know…
Pioneers of Flight: Cal Rodgers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Pioneers-of-Flight-Cal-Rodgers.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Today a transcontinental flight from New York to L.A. might take about five hours. But do you know how long…
Pioneers of Flight: Charles Lindbergh
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Pioneers-of-Flight-The-Lindberghs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)You may recall that it was Charles Lindbergh who flew the Spirit of 76 on the world?s first transatlantic flight….