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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/27Jan16-Clinton-House-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Regardless your politics, it’s often interesting looking back on the lives of our presidents.  One such place is drawing plenty…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/10Nov14-2014-Antelope-Island-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)Until the 1960s, ranchers took animals by a barge from the mainland to this island for grazing.  The vast rangeland…

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