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Arlington National Cemetery’s Section 27

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/06/Section-27-Arlington-Cemetery-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.8KB)Although most visitors to Arlington National Cemetery simply see the Tomb of the Unknowns and perhaps the JFK grave site,…

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A Historian for Arlington National Cemetery

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Arlington-Cemetery-Historian.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)Tom thought he was coming here simply to fill a summer job. Over 30 years later, he’s still here, but…

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The Army Arlington Ladies

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Army-Arlington-Ladies.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 941.2KB)On Memorial Day we remember our loved ones, but these ladies recognize our fallen soldiers this weekend and every day…

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Posted in American Countryside National Historic Site National Park Service North Carolina Podcast

A Colony Lost

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Roanoke-Ft-Raleigh-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 941.4KB)It’s known as the lost colony of Roanoke–a settlement of English that vanished between 1587 and 1590 in what is…

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The Colony of Roanoke

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Roanoke-Ft-Raleigh-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 941.4KB)In 1587 three ships set sail from England bound for Chesapeake Bay. The voyage wouldn’t make that destination though, and…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona Podcast

Charles Poston’s Butte

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Charles-Poston-Butte-Arizona.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 942.9KB)On the north edge of Florence, AZ you’ll find a small outcropping once known as Primrose Hill. Today there is…

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For Sale: A Field of Dreams

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Field-of-Dreams-For-Sale.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 946.5KB)This Iowa farm family is asking $5.4 million dollars for their corn field. For that price you get the house,…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona food Podcast

Skydiving to Food

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Mike-McKenzie-Lucky-Nickel-Ranch-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 943.3KB)If you have trouble finding the Lucky Nickel Ranch, just look up. Wherever you see the skydivers floating to the…

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Making a Living on 40 Acres

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Mike-McKenzie-Lucky-Nickel-Ranch-21.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 940.8KB)Some people might say you can’t make a living on a forty acre farm. Michael McKenzie is out to prove…

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The Lucky Nickel Ranch

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Mike-McKenzie-Lucky-Nickel-Ranch-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 952.0KB)California produce growers rely heavily on hand labor to tend their crops. For Michael McKenzie, that labor has come from…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona Podcast

A Florence, Arizona Prison

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Florence-Prison.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.1KB)Arizona did not become a state until 1912, so for several decades of it’s existence, it had a territorial prison…

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Yuma Prison

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Yuma-Prison.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 952.2KB)Most high schools hope to turn out classes of top notch students. This school consistently produces a new crop of…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona California Podcast

Raising Boys to Be Men

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Arivaca-Boys-Ranch-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 948.2KB)The Bible’s parable of the prodigal son shares the story of a wayward son that comes home to a father,…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona cattle Podcast

Arivaca Boys Ranch

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Arivaca-Boys-Ranch-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.7KB)The Arivaca ranch has been breaking horses since the late 1800s. They’re still breaking horses, but today the horses are…

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A Cattle Ranch for Boys

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Arivaca-Boys-Ranch-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 949.6KB)For over a century, this ranch near Arizona’s border with Mexico has raised thousands of head of cattle, herded by…

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Hostage Chuck Scott

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Chuck-Scott-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 960.0KB)There have long been tensions between the U.S. and the middle east, but Chuck Scott believes today’s challenges stem from…

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Being Held Prisoner

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Chuck-Scott-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 948.2KB)When the Iranian hostage situation began, most of those Americans held would have told you the conflict would have lasted…

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A Shrine Honoring Mothers

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Mothers-Shrine.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)When this church ran out of room for its congregation, it just moved its service outdoors. In the process, they…

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Posted in American Countryside FFA Oklahoma Podcast

A Field Trip to Rodeo

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Ernest-Muncreif-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:05 — 1.9MB)Many schools take field trips. They’re usually fun events for students to get some time out of the classroom. But…

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The Battered Bucket Award

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/05/Ernest-Muncrief-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB) There are major awards like Oscars, Grammys and Nobel Peace Prizes; then there is the Battered Bucket Award. You’ve…

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