Posted in American Countryside

The HMX-1

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/24Jan17-Marine-One-Pilot-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of something called HMX-1.  However, you’ve most likely seen it – or at…

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A Promotion Back to This Side of the Globe

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/23Jan17-Marine-One-Pilot-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Vincent, like many young men in the 1970s, fought in Vietnam.  However, during his tour of duty he received a…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Kansas

Shawnee Mission

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/20Jan17-Shawnee-Mission-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)As Europeans crossed the Atlantic, those who had been living on the eastern seaboard for centuries were often forced to…

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Posted in American Countryside California

Napa Valley Resorts

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/19Jan17-Napa-Valley-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)This place quickly became a playground for the well-to-do to escape the city during the summer.  In fact, the tales…

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Posted in American Countryside California

Napa Valley Agriculture

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/18Jan17-Napa-Valley-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)California’s Napa Valley has long been associated with wine.  However, wine is newcomer when compared to all this area grows…

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Napa and the Gold Rush

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/17Jan17-Napa-Valley-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)If you tell someone you’re headed to Napa, they probably expect you to be sampling some wine and perhaps staying…

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Posted in American Countryside California

Nathan Combs

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/16Jan17-Napa-Valley-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve probably never heard of a man named Nathan Combs.  However, you have heard of the place he helped create. …

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Posted in American Countryside Best of North Dakota

A Trading Network on the Northern Plains

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/13Jan17-Fort-Union-2017.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)It was the site of a vast trading network on the northern plains.  It’s history spanned forty years and today,…

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Posted in American Countryside Tennessee

The Circle From the Ryan

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/12Jan17-Ryman-Auditorium-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)If you’ve ever been to the Grand Ole Opry, you have seen a circular piece of wood that’s been inserted…

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Posted in American Countryside Tennessee

The Union Gospel Tabernacle

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/11Jan17-Ryman-Auditorium-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was one of the largest venues in the nation when it was constructed – Union Gospel Tabernacle.  But just…

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Posted in American Countryside Tennessee

What Started As A Tent Revival

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/10Jan17-Ryman-Auditorium-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)You’ve probably not heard of the evangelist, Samuel Jones.  However, there’s a decent chance you know at least the last…

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Posted in American Countryside Tennessee

Rough Around the Edges

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/09Jan17-Ryman-Auditorium-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Tom was quite the entrepreneur.  He built a great steamboat line and became quite wealthy.  But he was also a…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of North Dakota

The Knife River Indian Village

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/06Jan17-Knife-River-Indian-Village.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Two centuries ago, these villages contained more people than the city of St. Louis…yet only a handful of Europeans and…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

At The Heart of the Town

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/05Jan17-Flip-This-Town-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s important that your heart is healthy if you want to live a long and productive life.  The same can…

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Flip This Building

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/04Jan17-Flip-This-Town-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Turn on the tv and you can find shows about flipping properties, but in a moment we’ll take you to…

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Helping Rural America

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/03Jan17-Flip-This-Town-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a common story in many small towns and big cities across America.  Many places have downtown buildings that are…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

More Than Buying, Renovating and Selling

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/02Jan17-Flip-This-Town-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)You’ve heard of people flipping homes for a living.  For many years, that’s how Ron Drake made part of his…

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Best of 2016: Take A Little Trip with Colonel Jackson

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/30Dec16-Best-of-2016-Battle-of-New-Orleans.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)What you know about this battle probably comes from a song you’ve heard.  So today we’ll “Take a little trip…

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Best of 2016: Judge Roy Bean

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/29Dec16-Best-of-2016-Judge-Roy-Bean.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We may not like the rules, but every place needs them.  And with the rules comes a person to enforce…

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Best of 2016: A Nuclear “Event”

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/28Dec16-Best-of-2016-Idaho-National-Laboratory.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)It was an attention getter.  A statement that showed the world the United States was serious about using nuclear energy…

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