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An Ag Advisor in the White House
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/19Jan22-Ray-Starling-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)During the middle of the farm crisis in the 1980s, those in agriculture lobbied to have a full time staff…
When the White House Calls
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/18Jan22-Ray-Starling-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Ray was expecting a call from a guy trying to sell him some firewood. When an unknown number popped up…
The Colorful Cessna at Las Vegas Airport
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/17Jan22-Las-Vegas-Endurance-Plane-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you’ve ever flown into the Las Vegas airport, you may have noticed a colorful Cessna airplane hanging from the…
The Longest Flight
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/13Jan22-Las-Vegas-Endurance-Plane-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What’s the longest time a plane has stayed in the air without landing and with the same two men at…
One of Two Vertical Woolen Mills
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/13Jan22-Faribault-Woollen-Mill-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are only two vertical woolen mills remaining in the U.S. One has been in this town since the days…
Buying a Century Old Business
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/12Jan22-Faribault-Woollen-Mill-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Paul Mooty says if he drove his own car one day back in 2011 down to Faribault, Minnesota, he might…
Using a Horse-Walked Treadmill to Produce Wool Blankets
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/11Jan22-Faribault-Woollen-Mill-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a time when a horse walked a treadmill to help power the machines that produced wool blankets for early…
From Slave to Soldier
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/10Jan22-Chattanooga-Battlefield-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine being a slave at the beginning of the Civil War only later to have an opportunity to join the…
A Focal Point of Intense Fighting
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/07Jan22-Chattanooga-Battlefield-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today it is a beautiful city perched along the hills and rivers of southeastern TN. But during the Civil War,…
The Luna Café
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/06Jan22-Luna-Cafe-2022.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In front of the Luna Café, on old route 66 near Mitchell, Illinois, you’ll find a beautifully restored neon sign…the…
Turkey Tracks
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/05Jan22-Turkey-Tracks-2022.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There is definitely an art to tracking and calling a wild turkey. Jerry Law had no trouble tracking this turkey….
The Turpentine Wildlife Refuge
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/04Jan22-Turpentine-Wildlife-Refuge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Lots of people come to Eureka Springs, Arkansas every year to enjoy the Ozark setting and attractions. One of the…
A Trailer Full of Tigers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/03Jan22-Turpentine-Wildlife-Refuge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Occasionally you hear of a large truckload of cattle or hogs that is stranded on the highway and other trucks…
Best of 2021: The Monopoly Patent
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/31Dec21-Best-of-2021-Macomb-Illinois-Monopoly.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Charles Darrow had a great new board game he sold to Parker Brothers – Monopoly. The only problem was, Charles…
Best of 2021: The Making of a Real-Life Superhero
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/30Dec21-Best-of-2021-Evel-Knievel-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There was no stunt he wouldn’t consider. And because of his daredevil nature, some have called him the first, real-life…
Best of 2021: The Worst Bombing Crew Becomes the Best
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/29Dec21-Best-of-2021-Boise-City-Bombing.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They made a mistake worthy of a court martial. A bombing crew made a wrong turn and bombed their own…
Best of 2021: The US President & The Hitchhiker
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/28Dec21-Best-of-2021-Bob-Slater.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a big deal to meet the president of the United States. Some people will do just about anything to…
Best of 2021: Building a Library You Can Fish From
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/27Dec21-Best-of-2021-Ben-Hur.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people fix up their office with pictures and knick knacks that remind them of their favorite things in life. …
A Gift from Prisoners
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/24Dec21-Algona-Nativity-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Algona, Iowa there is a nativity scene that has been on display for over 75 years. It was a…
The Nativity Scene That is Always Set Up
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/23Dec21-Algona-Nativity-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)During the advent season, many families and churches will set up Nativity scenes. The figures remind us of the birth…
