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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/16May17-Solar-Eclipse-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people will travel the nation and world to hear or see their favorite band or team.  Jackie has made…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/15May17-Solar-Eclipse-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The last time this event took place in the continental United States was 1979.  Now, thirty-eight years later, it’s back…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/12May17-George-Washington-Carver-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Garret Morgan, but you’ve been impacted by his inventions.  But incredibly, there…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/11May17-George-Washington-Carver-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)When I went to this building to do today’s feature, I was a little confused.  There were two front doors…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/10May17-George-Washington-Carver-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the days when it was difficult for some to come to school, the school went to the students.  And…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/09May17-Two-Story-Outhouse.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may be tempted to believe this small building in central Illinois is just a gimmick devised for people to…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/08May17-Little-Jail.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)The need for maximum security prisons is an unfortunate reality of life.  On the other end of the spectrum is…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/05May17-Spruce-Goose-2017.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)This plane made but one flight – a trip that lasted about one mile just a few yards off of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/04May17-El-Dorado-Mine-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)All Shawna’s father wanted was a five acre patch of land to access the Colorado River.  He soon learned that…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/03May17-El-Dorado-Mine-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The proposal had to sound ridiculous to just about everyone who heard it, save the men who sprang the idea. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/02May17-El-Dorado-Mine-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)This canyon was once a bustling place full of men looking to make big money in the gold mines.  The…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/01May17-El-Dorado-Mine-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A place can be deceiving.  That was exactly the case here in what is today’s desert south of Las Vegas….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/28Apr17-New-Bedford-Seamans-Bethel.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)You’ll find many churches in New Bedford, Massachusetts, but you’ll have to look far and wide to find one with…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/27Apr17-New-Bedford-Whaling-Museum-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The ship’s name was the Dartmouth.  When it took a cargo of whale oil to England no one perhaps thought…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/26Apr17-New-Bedford-Whaling-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Did you ever leave home for a while, then return and find that lots had changed?  That was commonplace in…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/25Apr17-New-Bedford-Whaling-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s called a Nantucket sleigh ride.  Sounds like a nice winter ride, but it’s actually far from a peaceful dash…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/24Apr17-New-Bedford-Whaling-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you made good revenue from a field you might call it your “cash crop.” Here the cash crop doesn’t…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/21Apr17-Postville-Courthouse-2017.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Americans regard him as one of their most beloved presidents…a man that pulled a nation together as civil war tore…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/20Apr17-Osama-of-Jordan-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)If you were ever fascinated in the adventures of Harrison Ford playing Indiana Jones, then you have definitely seen this…