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The Bone Collector

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/11Apr14-Museum-of-Osteology-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jay’s father could have scolded him for what he’d unearthed.  Most parents would say, “Put down that filthy thing!”  His…

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Sitting Bull

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/28Mar14-Sitting-Bull.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He is one of the greatest Indian chiefs ever to lead his tribes in peace and battle.  Ironically, two different…

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The Sailing Capitol of the United States

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/14Mar14-Annapolis.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It is known as the sailing capitol of the United States. It also happens to be a state capitol, a…

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France’s Gift of the 40 and 8

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/06Mar14-40-and-8-Boxcar-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Thousands of boxcars crisscross the country each day with a variety of cargo. But these boxcars were truly special, because…

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The 40 and 8

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/05Mar14-40-and-8-Boxcar-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The term 40 & 8 doesn’t mean much to most Americans–unless you happened to serve in France during one of…

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The Seattle Underground

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/25Feb14-Seattle-Underground.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most of the time people would consider a raging fire sweeping through the heart of downtown to be a very…

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President’s Week: James Monroe

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/21Feb14-Prez-Week-James-Monroe.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Thomas Jefferson’s home is one of the best known and most visited in the United States.  However, just drive down…

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President’s Week: The Most Famous First Lady

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/20Feb14-Prez-Week-Dolly-Madison.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was one of our most important presidents…yet the first lady may just be better known than her husband.  The…

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President’s Week: Thomas Brand

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/19Feb14-Prez-Week-Thomas-Jefferson.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Thomas Jefferson is known to have composed much of the Declaration of Independence…but he wasn’t happy with the final product. …

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President’s Week: Between Washington & Jefferson

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/18Feb14-Prez-Week-John-Adams.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)His presidency was sandwiched between presidential greats George Washington and Thomas Jefferson…and unfortunately, much of his work in helping form…

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President’s Week: Washington’s Birthplace

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/17Feb14-Prez-Week-George-Washington-Birthplace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)George Washington’s birth date was always clear…February 22, 1732.  The location of his birth though was difficult to pinpoint.  It’s…

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A Valentine’s Wedding Record

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/14Feb14-Las-Vegas-Wedding-Chapel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)My grandparents were married on Valentine’s Day and they celebrated 76 wedding anniversaries.  But today, we honor a Valentine’s wedding…

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More Weddings Than Anywhere in the Nation

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/13Feb14-Las-Vegas-Wedding-Chapel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This county performs more weddings than any other in the nation.  You probably have a good idea where that county…

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Writing the Declaration of Independence

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/10Feb14-Declaration-of-Independence-Matlack.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve probably not heard of Timothy Matlack, but you’ve certainly heard about the words he wrote.  We’ll tell you why…

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Beautiful Works of Restoration

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/17Jan14-Pool-Table-Restoration.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)To say Joe Newell restores pool tables is like saying Michelangelo was just a painter. The work Joe does is…

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A Method to Your Work

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/Methodist-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 1.4MB)If you do something the same way day after day, you might be said to have a method to your…

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Encountering Trying Times

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/Methodist-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)On the southeast coast of Georgia you can find the place were these brothers encountered one of their most trying…

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Best of 2013: Big Bud

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/01Jan14-Best-of-2013-Big-Bud.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Deere, Case, Oliver, Ford and Allis-Chalmers…they are but a few of …..many companies that have built tractors. The largest tractor…

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Best of 2013: Inside the Presidential Limo

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/31Dec13-Best-of-2013-Presidential-Limo.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may have heard people say that President Kennedy would have never been assassinated in Dallas if he ordered the…

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Best of 2013: A Viking Ship

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/30Dec13-Best-of-2013-Viking-Ship.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)On the surface it seemed to be a ludicrous project.  A man with no experience building boats, was going to…

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