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800 Miles and One Stop

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/07/15Jul14-Bents-Old-Fort-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today you can travel down just about any interstate highway in America and find plenty of truck stops. Now turn…

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An Enterprising Fort

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/07/14Jul14-Bents-Old-Fort-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you think of forts in the western U.S., you may remember military fortresses built to keep the peace and…

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The Cyle of a Cesium Atom

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/10/30Oct13-Atomic-Clock-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)If I said I’d be back in a second, I’d literally be back in 9,192,631,770 cycles of a cesium atom. …

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The Most Accurate of Clocks

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/10/29Oct13-Atomic-Clock-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)For most of human history, the movement of the sun, moon and planets has been used to measure time.  But…

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A Bad Purchase?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/13Aug12-Carson-County-Carousel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:28 — 1.7MB)The general public usually wants its elected officials to be fiscally responsible.  But the purchase the commissioners in Kit Carson…

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The Budweiser Clydesdales

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/03/Budweiser-Clydesdales-20101.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 951.0KB)Irocnically, this well known team of horses was first assembled during the prohibition years. Today, they continue to be some…

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