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A Most Unusual Crop

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/26Feb19-Yuma-Date-Farmer-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)David’s farm is just 2 ½ acres in size…but that does not mean he’s not busy.  In fact, the crop…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of California

The Best of the Best Tour

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/25Feb19-Palm-Springs-Best-of-the-Best-Tours.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before Palm Springs was a resort town…before Palm Springs was really even a town for that matter, movie stars began…

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A Record-Setting Pilot

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/22Feb19-Jackie-Cochran.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Most people have heard of Chuck Yeager, but most have not heard of his good friend Jackie…a pilot who set…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Oklahoma

The King of Marriage

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/14Feb09-Tom-Mix-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Tom Mix was known as the King of the Cowboys, starring in over 300 films from 1910 to 1935. He…

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The King of the Cowboys: Tom Mix

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/13Feb09-Tom-Mix-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was king of the cowboys, a real-life ranch hand that won the hearts of the nation with his amazing…

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When Life Throws You Lemons

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/08Feb19-Spencer-Citrus-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When life throws you a lemon, you make lemonade.  Mark certainly has plenty of lemons…but he doesn’t have to make…

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A Citrus Packer

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/07Feb19-Spencer-Citrus-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)You’ve probably bought their fruit and not even realized it.  This is a family owned citurs packer that grows, packs,…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri

Daniel Boone Working For Another Country

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/01Feb19-St-Louis-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Daniel Boone is one of the most famous American frontiersman.  But when he crossed the Mississippi River, he went to…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri

One of the Oldest Cities on the Mississippi

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/31Jan19-St-Louis-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s one of the oldest and largest cities on the Mississippi River…and although some may have heard of names like…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Kansas

A Battle in Kansas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/14Jan19-John-Brown-Osawatamie-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)The shots at Ft. Sumter in April of 1861 are often considered the first military action of the Civil War. …

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John Brown: The Early Years

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/11Jan19-John-Brown-Osawatamie-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the years just ahead of the Civil War, thousands of people came to Kansas ahead of a critical vote…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Wyoming

Fort Bridger

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/07Jan19-Fort-Bridger-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This fort serviced the Pony Express, the Oregon Trail, and was around so long it even slept travelers by car. …

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New Ownership of a Fort

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/04Jan19-Fort-Bridger-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You usually don’t think of a fort coming under new ownership.  But that’s what happened to this site that bears…

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One of the Best Known Mountain Men of the 1800s

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/03Jan19-Fort-Bridger-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was one of the best known mountain men of the early 19th century.  A man who was skilled in…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri

Remembering Fred Mares

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/02Jan19-Remembering-Fred-Mares.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Image a man who speaks over ten languages, can play multiple musical instruments and serenade customers with his wonderful voice. …

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Best of 2018: The Hartsdale Pet Cemetary

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/01Jan19-Best-of-2018-Hartsdale-Pet-Cemetary.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Ed Martin Jr. has helped bury dogs, cats, birds, guinea pigs and he’s even heard of a lion cub on…

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Best of 2018: Dan Meers

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/31Dec18-Best-of-2018-Dan-Meers-KC-Wolf.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Dan Meers has nearly a dozen suits he wears to work.  The odd thing is, all the suites are alike. …

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Best of 2018: Wall Drug

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/28Dec18-Best-of-2018-Wall-Drug.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What’s the first thing a father teaches his son about being a good businessman?  How to make donuts of course! …

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Best of 2018: Todd Syrup Farm

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/27Dec18-Best-of-2018-Todd-Syrup-Farm.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)Lots of people enjoy pure maple syrup.  But if you ask this farmer what he thinks of it, well you’ll…

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Best of 2018: Billy the Kid

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/12/26Dec18-Best-of-2018-Billy-the-Kid.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When two different cities, in two different states claim to have the body of the same man, well, you know…

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