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The Homestead of Lawrence Welk
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/05/09May18-Lawrence-Welk.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)His music entertained millions of listeners both over the radio and later via TV. Today we head to his homestead…
Man’s Best Friend
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/02May18-Old-Drum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)We’ve all heard of man’s best friend…but it was this dog that probably gave us the phrase so common today. …
A Famous Canine
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/02May18-Old-Drum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the courthouse square in Warrensburg, Missouri you will find a statue in tribute to a dog named Old Drum. …
Defending the Fertile Farm Valley of Virginia
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/01May18-New-Market-Virginia-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There was nothing left to do. A group of 15-21 year old students would be forced into battle if there…
A Clash Over the Nation’s Breadbasket
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/30Apr18-New-Market-Virginia-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley is one of the most scenic farming regions in the world. The fertile valley is flanked by…
Safely Seeing A White Shark
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/27Apr18-Monterey-Aquarium.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s one of the few places where you can see a white shark…safely. Although these sharks make but a rare…
Before Got Milk–The Evil Beverage
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/23Apr18-Prohibition-Party-2018-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Before there was a Got Milk slogan…some dairymen used an amendment to the constitution to help keep their product ahead…
Political Party History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/20Apr18-Prohibition-Party-2018-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You may have thought this political party died when this became legal again back in the 1930s. You’ll be intrigued…
50 Years of Broadcasting Major League Baseball
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/13Apr18-Denny-Matthews-50th-Season-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)162 games a year for 50 years…that’s over 8000 baseball games…and this man has seen virtually every single one of…
Keeping the Listener Interested Calling a Ballgame
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/12Apr18-Denny-Matthews-50th-Season-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When a baseball broadcaster has to describe a game that is lackluster at best, they may resort to talking about…
Sorting the Facts and Myths of Edgar Allen Poe
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/06Apr18-Edgar-Allen-Poe-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Edgar Allen Poe could write some amazing fictional tales…but perhaps some of most intriguing fiction was that he told about…
One of the Nation’s Most Famous Writers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/05Apr18-Edgar-Allen-Poe-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)He is one of the nation’s most famous writers and although he bounced from city to city, it was here…
Working Together at Pipestone
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/26Mar18-Pipestone.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This place is so important in native American culture, that even when warring tribes arrived here, they put down their…
More Than Two Blocks of Murals
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/16Mar17-Cape-Girardeau-River-Mural-2018.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Michelangelo had a very large canvass when he began work on the Sistine chapel. Make a trip to this river…
Where Civil War Engineers Ran Out of Names
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/15Mar17-Cape-Girardeau-Civil-War-2018.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Civil War engineers were simply running out of names…but that doesn’t mean the forts here were not important. It’s a…
Chicago’s Old City Library
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/03/05Mar18-Old-Chicago-Library.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Chicago’s Michigan Avenue has long been a place noted for fine shops, hotels and attractions. Many people though, pass by…
Chicago’s Cultural Center on Michigan Avenue
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/02Mar18-Chicago-Cultural-Center.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Chicago’s Michigan Avenue has long been a place noted for fine shops, hotels and attractions. Many people though, pass by…
A Japanese Teenager’s Journey to the US
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/01Mar18-Barbara-Law-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)As a Japanese teenager, Barbara was taught to defend herself from American soldiers arriving in her country. She ended up…
Living In Japan When World War II Ended
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/28Feb18-Barbara-Law-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This week we are featuring Barbara Law who recently passed away. She was a teenager living in Japan when World…
A Look Back At The Story of Barbara Law
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/27Feb18-Barbara-Law-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This past week Barbara Law of King City, Missouri passed away at the age of 87. I had the honor…
