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The Mount Washington Auto Race
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/30Jun17-Mt-Washington-Auto-Road-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine running the Daytona 500 on a mountain road with steep grades and no guardrails. The cars may not be…
Hairpin Turns and No Guardrails
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/29Jun17-Mt-Washington-Auto-Road-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a mountain road with hairpin curves, no guardrails and an average grade of 12%. That makes it one of…
The Mountain Road
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/28Jun17-Mt-Washington-Auto-Road-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was big news when this mountain road opened…not because it linked two cities, but rather because it linked tourists…
Brice’s Crossroads
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/09Jun17-Brices-Crossroads-Tupelo.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)His cavalrymen fought like none other…and their maneuvers are still the topic of military studies today. That has many history buffs…
A Role of Feeding Americans
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/05Jun17-Ohio-Food-Bank-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you were dropped inside this building and had no idea what it was, it might take you awhile to…
An Old Mattress Warehouse–Repurposed
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/02Jun17-Ohio-Food-Bank-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What can you do with an old mattress warehouse? Use it to feed thousands of people in twenty counties. That’s…
The Unique Village in the City
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/30May17-Arlington-Cemetery-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It was a village inside Arlington National Cemetery…a place where people found refuge during the Civil War. This is the…
The Historic Spot at Arlington National Cemetery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/29May17-Arlington-Cemetery-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Although most visitors to Arlington National Cemetery simply see the Tomb of the Unknowns and perhaps the JFK grave site…there…
From Summer Job to Over 30 Year Career
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/26May17-Arlington-Cemetery-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Tom thought he was coming here simply to fill a summer job. After more than 30 years later, he says…
Volunteers Helping Others in Tragedies
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/22May17-Clara-Barton-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we see these volunteers helping others around the world after natural disasters and other tragedies. It all began with…
One of the Most Recognized Organizations
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/19May17-Clara-Barton-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today it is one of the most recognized organizations helping those in need…and its story began with one women helping…
The Little Jail
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/08May17-Little-Jail.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)The need for maximum security prisons is an unfortunate reality of life. On the other end of the spectrum is…
The Spruce Goose
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/05May17-Spruce-Goose-2017.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)This plane made but one flight – a trip that lasted about one mile just a few yards off of…
The Postville Courthouse
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/21Apr17-Postville-Courthouse-2017.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Americans regard him as one of their most beloved presidents…a man that pulled a nation together as civil war tore…
Inside the Earth Lodge
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/11Apr17-Ocmulgee-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It this country…the U.S. Capitol is the place where laws are made…but 1000 years ago…it was perhaps this earth lodge…
Unique Mounds and Lodges
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/10Apr17-Ocmulgee-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most of what we know about this group of people comes from the mounds they built all across the U.S. …
The Underground Railroad
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/15Mar17-Underground-Railroad-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)You can go to many spots around the country and see homes, barns and businesses that served as stops on…
One of the Most Famous Railroads
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/14Mar17-Underground-Railroad-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is one of the most famous railroads in this country’s history…yet it ran without a published schedule. For some…
President’s Week 2017: Calvin Coolidge
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/02/24Feb17-Presidents-Week-Calvin-Coolidge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It all happened in the middle of the night. The citizens of the United States went to bed on August…
President’s Week 2017: Herbert Hoover
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/02/23Feb17-Presidents-Week-Herbert-Hoover-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s Presidents Week on the and today’s feature focuses on a graduate of Stanford who used his engineering degree to…
