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Just the Start of a Military Career
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/17Jun19-D-Day-Higgins-Boat-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Perhaps landing at D-Day would be the biggest event in one’s military career. But for Marvin Perrett, he was just…
The D-Day Invasion
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/14Jun19-D-Day-Higgins-Boat-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It was early June of 1944 and for the American GI’s along the coast of England, they knew the time…
A Ride on a Higgins Boat
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/13Jun19-D-Day-Higgins-Boat-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Marvin Perrett can still take you on a ride on a Higgins boat today. If you don’t know what that…
America’s Most Visited National Park
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/12Jun19-Smokey-Mountain-National-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s America’s most visited National Park and although masses to come to enjoy its wooded mountains, you can still find…
Preserving History and Bringing It Back to Life
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/11Jun19-Jackson-Old-Country-Store-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some folks may just stop by for the well-known buffet. But take a stroll around this place and you’ll be…
A Very Old Store
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/10Jun19-Jackson-Old-Country-Store-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Clark Shaw oversees a very old store. In fact, it’s so old, some people probably thought he was a little…
The Story of the Famous Engineer
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/07Jun19-Casey-Jones-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you know his name, it is perhaps from a ballad sung by Johnny Cash. This is the story of…
A Late Train and a Determined Crew
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/06Jun19-Casey-Jones-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The train was late – very late. But the crew was determined to make up time. Conditions were perfect to…
Casey Jones
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/05Jun19-Casey-Jones-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you know his name – Casey Jones. Whether you do or you don’t, his story of a making up…
A Trip to Jefferson City, Missouri
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/04Jun19-Missouri-Capitol.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)As a senior in college, I used to give tours of this building. It’s still one of my favorite places…
The Cathedral of the Plains
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/03Jun19-Cathedral-of-the-Plains-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When this presidential candidate saw the building, he dubbed it the cathedral of the plains. That’s the name that still…
Noteworthy for Cattle and a Cathedral
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/31May19-Cathedral-of-the-Plains-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Victoria, Kansas has just over one thousand residents, but it’s always been noteworthy for the cattle that were raised here…
A Rural Town Making a Name for Itself
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/30May19-Water-Valley-North-Mississippi-Herald.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The North Mississippi Herald is like many other small town newspapers. However, the story it’s been reporting lately is one…
A Milkshake and a Conversation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/28May19-Water-Valley-Base-Camp-Coding-Academy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)A milkshake and a 30-minute conversation. That was the recipe that brought one young couple to a small town in…
Honoring the Veterans of Vietnam
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/27May19-Vietnam-War-Memorial-2019.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Every Memorial Day we pay tribute to our family members and servicemen and women who have passed. We honor their…
They Called It Grouseland
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/24May19-Grouseland.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Imagine building a structure that needed to serve as the seat of government, a family home and a fort all…
A Community That Figured Out a Way
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/29May19-Water-Valley-Base-Camp-Coding-Academy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Imagine being nineteen years old, with no school debt and stepping into a career in a rural area that pays…
The American Whistle Company
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/23May19-American-Whistle-Company.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You might hear it because someone is in danger, or you could hear it when you’ve done something wrong. Whatever…
Modern Day Free Land
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/22May19-Ellsworth-Kansas-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When settlers moved west some towns hailed prospective residents with the lure of free land. That’s still the case in…
Magic Words to Attract People
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/05/21May19-Ellsworth-Kansas-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The word “Free” can be a very powerful word. In the early 2000s, that word, “free” brought plenty of attention…
