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Slaves Escaping to the South

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Fort-Mose-2010-Part-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Long before there was an American Civil War waged over the issue of slavery, there was the struggle for slaves…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Massachusetts Podcast

Saugus Iron Works

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Saugus-Iron-Works-2010.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 939.8KB)It is a factory that began operation over a century before England’s colonies became the United State of America. We…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Podcast Washington, DC

Election Day 2010

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/11/Voting-2010.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Today we may not think much about the way we vote, unless a close contest causes us to have to…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Oklahoma Podcast

Pawnee Bill

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/10/Pawnee-Bill-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.3KB)It may have seemed this famous western showman had married the wrong woman. After all, his bride was a city…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Kansas Podcast

The Kansas Cosmosphere

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/10/15Oct10-Kansas-Cosmosphere-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.9MB)Today we’re back in Hutchinson, KS and say hello to our listeners on KWBW. I can attest to what folks…

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A Cosmosphere in the Plains

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/10/Kansas-Cosmosphere-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.9MB)Where can you find the largest collection of Soviet space artifacts on display in the world? The answer is in…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri Podcast

Show-Me Energy

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/10/Show-Me-Energy.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:58 — 925.7KB)You may have heard of cellulosic ethanol production, but cellulosic plants can be used to provide a variety of products…..

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Kansas City Missouri Podcast

Jailhouse Families

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/10/Jailhouse-Families.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)When the Sheriff was away, the prisoners might play; that is, until the Sheriff’s wife got involved…..

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Iowa Podcast

Big Pumpkins

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/10/Big-Pumpkin.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Some people put a lot of time into carving a jack-o-lantern. But if you want to use one of Don…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Kansas Podcast

Inside the Kansas Salt Mines

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/09/Kansas-Salt-Mines-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 940.0KB)When you think of healthy jobs, mining doesn’t leap to the top of many people’s lists. However, in Kansas, people…

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Going Underground

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/09/Kansas-Salt-Mines-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 940.2KB)We’ve sunk to a new level to bring you this program. That doesn’t necessarily mean we’ve lost our morals or…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of food Missouri Podcast

The Blue Owl Restaurant

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/09/Blue-Owl-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 942.2KB)The flood of 1993 almost washed away this restaurant, but the levy saved the building and provided the inspiration behind…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Louisiana Podcast

Jean Lafitte

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/09/Zahn-Lafite.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 939.8KB)He’s still regarded as an important figure in New Orleans and American history. Although nearly two centuries have passed, this…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri Podcast

The Battle of the Hemp Bales

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/08/24Aug09-Battle-of-the-Hemp-Bales.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)The bullet holes still scar the inside and outside of this home–a place that was a hospital during a skirmish…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Kansas Podcast Presidents

Eisenhower’s Birthplace

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/08/20Jul09-Eisenhower-Birthplace1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)This President was born in Texas, but always claimed Kansas as his home…..

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri Podcast

France’s Boxcar Gifts

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/08/40-and-8-Boxcars-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 939.8KB)Thousands of boxcars crisscross the country each day with a variety of cargo. But these boxcars were truly special, because…

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40 and 8 Boxcars

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/08/40-and-8-Boxcars-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 940.6KB)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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Restoring Masterpieces

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/07/Pool-Table-Restoration-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 941.4KB)To say Joe Newell restores pool tables is like saying Michelangelo was just a painter. The work Joe does is…

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Pool Table Restoration

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/07/Pool-Table-Restoration-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 940.2KB)In the middle of farm country, you can find one of the nation’s experts on this game, not to mention…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of California Podcast

An Island with A View

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/07/Alcatraz-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:05 — 978.2KB)This island has some of the best views of San Francisco Bay and the city itself, yet most people didn’t…

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