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Law In the Indian Territory

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/19May14-Law-In-the-Indian-Territory.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In Ft. Smith, Arkansas you can find the courtroom where Judge Issac Parker used to preside.  It was a place…

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The Barbershop of the Famous Haircut

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/18Mar14-Elvis-Barbershop-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Next to Delilah’s shearing of strongman Samson, it’s perhaps the most famous haircut in history.  Many young ladies wondered if…

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Elvis Joins the Army

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/17Mar14-Elvis-Barbershop-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)From 1958 to 1960, Elvis Pressley was part of the active military.  He spent time at Ft. Hood, Texas and…

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The Most Unique Business on the National Register of Historic Places

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/23Dec13-Miss-Lauras-Bordello-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It may be one of the most unique businesses to ever be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. …

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Miss Laura’s Little Business

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/20Dec13-Miss-Lauras-Bordello-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Laura Ziegler came to Ft. Smith, Arkansas from Vermont.  She was only in this city for about a decade, then…

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A Deadly Trip

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/27Jun13-De-Soto-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.8MB)Imagine walking all the way from Arkansas to Mexico City. That’s what this expedition attempted to do. When they finally…

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Transforming Florida Forever

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/26Jun13-De-Soto-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB)It’s hard to imagine the changes that took place in the American southeast during the 16th Century. The Spanish came…

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Where the Delta Meets the Ozarks

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/06/24Jun13-Powhatan.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Powhatan, Ark., is a once-thriving city, now mostly a ghost town. But its buildings have been restored and the stories…

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Mammoth Springs

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Mammoth-Springs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)When farmers put hay bales in this spring, the reappeared three days later seven miles away. The underground waterway just…

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The Glory Days of Powhatan, Arkansas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/Powhatan-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Today the town of Powhatan is nearly a ghost town. However, it’s buildings have been preserved and the stories of…

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Powhatan, Arkansas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/05/Powatan-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Powhatan, Arkansas. However, this was once a thriving city with steamboat traffic…

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Crowley’s Ridge

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Benjamin-Crowley-Ridge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KOTC in Kennett, MO.  Is it really true the Mississippi River once…

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Benjamin Crowley

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Benjamin-Crowley-Ridge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Lots of rivers, towns and mountains are named after people who settled in a specific area.  This man never imagined…

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A Gangster’s Vacation Hot Spot

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Hot-Springs-Gangsters.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 940.4KB)There aren’t too many peaceful stories about gangsters, but this American city offered ruthless men a chance to have a…

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Arkansas’ Spanish Treasure Cave

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/10/Spanish-Treasure-Cave-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)In the years following Columbus’ voyage to the new world, other Europeans followed, some with ideas of conquering native American…

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Chasing a Treasure

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/10/Spanish-Treasure-Cave-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Imagine finding a treasure map with a route marking the spot where you could find unimaginable riches. Sounds like a…

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