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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/09/Antietam-Battle-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)Even by today’s standards, the cost of this battle was staggering. It was a 12 hour conflict that saw a…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/09/Antietam-Battle-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.1KB)The fields were filled with ears of corn nearing harvest during September, but the kernels would never be shelled. In…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/09/Antietam-Battle-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.7KB)You may have heard stories of family members fighting against one another during the Civil War. At this famous battlefield,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/09/Iditarod-Headquarters-Reddington-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)Some sports not only require thousands of hours of training, they also require a hefty financial investment. For those who…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/08/Iditarod-Headquarters-Reddington-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.1KB)Some athletes train for a marathon–a race just over 26 miles in length. This athlete’s family trains for an event…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/08/Iditarod-Headquarters-Reddington-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 948.8KB)For the next three features here on the American Countryside you’re in for a real treat as we discover what…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/08/Palmer-Alaska-Farmers-Market.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 952.9KB)When you think of fertile farmland, you perhaps think of a location with deep rich soil in the Midwest. But…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/08/Battle-of-the-Hemp-Bales.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)The bullet holes still scar the inside and outside of this home, a place that was a hospital during a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/08/Marsh-Billings-Rockafeller-NHP-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)You’ve heard of Yellowstone and Yosemite, but try naming the State of Vermont’s only national park…..

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