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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/25Jan23-Als-Oasis-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you’ve driven across interstate 90 in South Dakota you know you’ll see plenty of signs for Wall Drug, an…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/24Jan23-Als-Oasis-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)An oasis is often thought to be a lush, fertile spot in the middle of a desert.  The oasis I’ll…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/23Jan23-Hellcats-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many military museums tell the story of an entire war, or perhaps the history of a fort or military outpost. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/20Jan23-Hellcats-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They were often known as the Hell Cats.  Others knew them by the name, “Suicide Squad” for their hard fought…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/19Jan23-Bluff-Dwellers-Cavern.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Arthur Browning thought he was just going to check the traps on his farm one morning back in 1927.  What…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/18Jan23-Sam-Walton-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was one of the wealthiest men in America.  Yet almost everyone that ever worked with him would tell you…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/17Jan23-Sam-Walton-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It you walked into a business that had just remodeled its space and noticed the floor tiles did not match,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/16Jan23-Sam-Walton-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s said, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.”  Perhaps that’s how Sam should have regarded the fact that his…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/13Jan23-Antelope-Island-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Every fall there is a round-up of the herd here just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah.  You can even…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/12Jan23-Antelope-Island-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Until the 1960s, ranchers took animals by a barge from the mainland to this island for grazing.  The vast rangeland…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/11Jan23-Antelope-Island-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jeremy Shaw is responsible for patrolling a lake larger than the state of Rhode Island.  It’s a unique place that’s…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/10Jan23-Scott-Hamilton-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Fourteen Americans have won an Olympic gold medal in individual figure skating.  For Scott Hamilton,  his gold medal is just…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/09Jan23-Scott-Hamilton-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many athletes have stories of overcoming failure in order to reach triumph.  For Scott Hamilton, the journey to a gold…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/06Jan23-Scott-Hamilton-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Scott Hamilton was never supposed to accomplish much in sports, let alone win a gold medal.  In fact, the way…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/04Jan23-Walter-Cronkite-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We live in a time when some folks love to throw around the term, “fake news.”  Perhaps it’s warranted in…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/12/03Jan23-Nome-Schoolhouse-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The schoolhouse in Nome, North Dakota saw its last students in 1970.  The old building would have been demolished a…

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