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Heading to War

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/07/11Jul12-Sy-Brenner-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 1.4MB)Over the next five days you’ll hear an amazing story about one American POW during World War II.  We are…

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Ketchup or Catsup?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/07/10Jul12-Collinsville-Ketchup-Bottle-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Today we call it “ketchup.”  But there was once a segment of this nation that knew it as “catsup.”  Today…

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A 100,000 Gallon Ketchup Bottle

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/07/09Jul12-Collinsville-Ketchup-Tower-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)If you’re one of those folks who will put ketchup on just about anything, head to Collinsville, IL.  If this…

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Palm Springs Oasis

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/07/Palm-Springs-Oasis.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 944.5KB)If you visit Palm Springs, California, you may be tempted to believe this resort town was carved out of an…

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The Freedom Rock

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/05Jul12-Freedom-Rock-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Why do people from all continents around the world send patriotic messages to a thirty-something artist living in Greenfield, IA….

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The Liberty Bell

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/04Jul12-Liberty-Bell.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)July 4th, 1776…Indpendence Day in the United States.  One of the symbols of our freedom is the Liberty Bell.  But…

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Painting a Rock with Purpose

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/03Jul12-Freedom-Rock-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)This boulder was once the marker for a nearby rock quarry.  It was also a great spot for graffiti artists…

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John Burns at Gettysburg

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/07/Gettysburg-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)Imagine hitting the age to retire and then deciding to go volunteer for the army. That is what John Burns…

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Remembering Our Prisoners of War

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/06/29Jun12-Tom-Crosby-POW.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Today marks the three year anniversary of U.S. army soldier Bowe Burgdahls capture in Afghanistan.  It is a story that…

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Hundreds of Miles Underground

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/06/28Jun12-Mammoth-Cave-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Stalagmites are cave formations that seemingly rise up from a cave floor.  Conversely, stalactites appear to hang from the ceiling….

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A Summer Vacation for Centuries

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/06/27Jun12-Mammoth-Cave-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Maybe you are looking forward to a summer vacation.  Every year thousands of visitors flock to this national park.  However,…

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Steep Grades, Sharp Curves and Driving Backwards

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/06/26Jun12-Cool-Springs-Arizona-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)It’s a road that may seem to lead to nowhere.  What’s more intriguing is that road has some of the…

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Cool Springs, Arizona

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/06/25Jun12-Cool-Springs-Arizona-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Most cars have long ago left this lonely road west of Kingman Arizona.  When the cars disappeared, so did many…

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Providing Power to the Southwest

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/22Jun12-Kingman-Arizona-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 1.4MB)Before Hoover Dam supplied electricity for this region of the southwest, this old powerhouse generated the electricity.  In fact, in…

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A Must-See on Route 66

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/21Jun12-Kingman-Arizona-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Dinosaurs, caves and safari parks are the things summer road trips are made of.  Perhaps that’s why the combination still…

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Meat on the Menu

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/20Jun12-Kelsie-Grimsley-Rabbits-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)If there is meat on the menu, it’s often beef, pork or chicken.  Perhaps there’s some lamb or turkey, but…

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Tans and Mini Rex

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/06/19Jun12-Kelsie-Grimsley-Rabbits-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Kelsie works in an industry where Tans and Mini Rex are her specialties.  Do you know what she has on…

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Hagerman Fossil Beds

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/06/18Jun12-Hagerman-Fossil-Beds.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Many ranchers might have horses to round up their herd.  But this rancher found the horses on his ranch were…

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Unusual Fenceposts

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/06/15Jun12-Joe-Jeffrey-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Every cattleman needs good fences to keep the herd from roaming free.  Joe Jeffrey has seen many miles of those…

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Finding Ways to Water the Crops

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/14Jun12-Joe-Jeffrey-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)You can plant a crop in the ground, but without water it will do very little.  The farmers in this…

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