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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/06Sep24-Cyrus-McCormick-Reaper.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A couple of centuries ago crops were cut and threshed by hand…but that all changed with a young farmer in…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/05Sep24-Bowman-North-Dakota-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of us are intrigued by huge dinosaur fossils like T-Rex that are unearthed and displayed in museums.  There’s just…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/04Sep24-Bowman-North-Dakota-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This part of North Dakota was once described as a sea of grass.  That had many people driving their livestock…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/03Sep24-Hay-Trolley-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)One of the hardest jobs on the farm in the 19th and early 20th centuries was putting up hay.  You…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/02Sep24-Hay-Trolley-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Over the years we have torn down some old bards on our property.  One of the items that went in…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/30Aug24-California-Trail-Center-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Pioneers that headed west on overland trails saw many sites.  Interestingly one that many wrote about was an elephant.  You…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/29Aug24-California-Trail-Center-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just west of South Pass, Wyoming, overland travelers of the mid 19th century came to a fork in the road. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/28Aug24-Blackwell-School-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve heard people say that there are unwritten rules that we sometimes must observe.  Today’s story is about such rules…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/27Aug24-Blackwell-School-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We often tie the Civil Rights movement to the struggle of African Americans to obtain equal rights and equal access…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/26Aug24-Gerber-House-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you hear the name, “Gerber,” you perhaps immediately think of baby food.   The home where the family lived and…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/23Aug24-Gerber-House-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It all began with an argument in the kitchen.  What resulted is something that is commonplace today, but was a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/22Aug24-Friends-Good-WIll.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For a ship that was in service less than five years, she had quite a story.  What began as a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/21Aug24-South-Haven-Michigan.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This town sits on the opposite side of Lake Michigan as the city of Chicago.  Yet, this much smaller place…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/20Aug24-Frank-Phillips-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Frank bought a plane he needed a hangar in which to park it.  Soon the plane wasn’t the only…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/19Aug24-Frank-Phillips-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The president of this oil company was looking for a place to entertain business leaders from the east coast and…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/16Aug24-Frank-Phillips-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)On the surface it seemed like an unlikely scenario for success.  A barber from Iowa striking oil and building one…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/08/15Aug24-Readlyn-Iowa-Town-Grump.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you enter Readlyn, Iowa you will find a sign that proclaims it has 857 friendly people and one old…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/13Aug24-Pikes-Peak-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve perhaps never heard of James’ Peak.  It’s more accurate to say you’ve heard of the mountain, but you simply…