Posted in American Countryside Indiana

Completing a Castle

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/22Oct21-Boldt-Castle-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a grand project that employed a hundred workers or more, building a castle on an island in New…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana

Building a Castle for your Love

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/21Oct21-Boldt-Castle-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)George immigrated from Prussia in the 1800s and settled in New York City.  His hard work paid off and he…

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Posted in American Countryside Pennsylvania

Betsy Ross’ Flag

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/20Oct21-Betsy-Ross.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Americans are fond of their flag.  It is a symbol of freedom, of hope, and of bravery.  The flag unites…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

History of Barbed Wire

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/19Oct21-Barbed-Wire-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Drive down just about any country road and you’ll see it.  You may have never thought it would be worthy…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana

Giant Sycamore Stump

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/18Oct21-Kokomo-Sycamore-Stump.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many folks enjoy trees in their yard that provide shade on a summer day and beauty with the fall colors. …

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana

Kokomo Opalescent Glass

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/15Oct21-Kokomo-Glass-Company-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When your product is estimated to be found in seventy-five percent of the world’s churches, you know your company has…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana

The Amazing Torches of Kokomo

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/14Oct21-Kokomo-Glass-Company-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Dig into the photo archives around Kokomo, Indiana and you’re bound to find plenty of pictures, commonplace in the 1880s,…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana

What is It?  How do you Spell it?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/13Oct21-Kokomo-Glass-Company-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jeff Shaw owns a company in which he has to answer two questions quite often – What is it and…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

You Can Lead a Horse to Water But He Won’t Drink Oil

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/12Oct21-Bartlesville-Oil-Well-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)George Keeler noticed his horses wouldn’t drink from this spot on the Caney River.  The location is today an important…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

Attracting More Than a Railroad

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/10/11Oct21-Bartlesville-Oil-Well-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)William Johnstone and George Keeler were looking for a way to attract the railroad to their new town.  Who knew…

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Posted in American Countryside Oregon World War II

A Foreign Attack on the U.S. Mainland

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/09/08Oct21-Balloon-Bombs-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a foreign attack on the U.S. mainland…yet few have heard the story of Japan’s balloon bombs and the…

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Posted in American Countryside Oregon World War II

Japanese Bombs on the U.S. Mainland

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/09/07Oct21-Balloon-Bombs-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Americans know of the bombs Japan dropped at Pearl Harbor…yet few have heard the story of the 9000 that were…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

25 Years of Traveling the Countryside

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/09/06Oct21-American-Countryside-25th-Anniversary.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)On October 6th, 1996 I was away from home but called my mom early on a Saturday morning to put…

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Posted in American Countryside California

The Artichoke Lady

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/09/05Oct21-Artichoke-Lady-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people turn up their nose at brussels sprouts.  Where do artichokes fare in comparison?  We head to a valley…

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Posted in American Countryside California

A Marketing Challenge for a Vegetable

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/09/04Oct21-Artichoke-Lady-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes it’s hard to get kids to eat their vegetables.  Now imagine the vegetable looks like a hand grenade and…

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Posted in American Countryside Virginia Washington, DC

The Arlington Ladies

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/09/01Oct21-Arlington-Ladies.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)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 Hawaii

A Mission to Turn a Bad Day Into a Good Day

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/09/30Sep21-Daves-Metal-Detecting-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Remember the phrase “finders keepers, losers weepers?” That definitely does not fit this man. When you hear his story, you may come…

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Posted in American Countryside Hawaii

Reuniting Lost Items

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/09/29Sep21-Daves-Metal-Detecting-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Have you ever had to go to a lost and found department? These days, those departments are often found online…

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Posted in American Countryside Hawaii

Finding a Needle in the Haystack

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/09/28Sep21-Daves-Metal-Detecting-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine having a job that is like trying to find the needle in the proverbial haystack. Now imagine that is…

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Posted in American Countryside Ohio

More Than An Ice Cream Cone

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/09/27Sep21-Youngs-Dairy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When is an ice cream cone more than just ice cream in a cone?  It is here.  It’s a family…

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