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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…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/11/12Nov18-Cherokee-Strip-Land-Rush-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Imagine a train chugging south out of Kansas with people jumping from the cars all along its route.  This is…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/10/26Oct17-Fort-Hays-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For an enlisted man at Fort Hays, it wasn’t enough to win a young woman’s heart and ask her hand…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/20Jan17-Shawnee-Mission-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)As Europeans crossed the Atlantic, those who had been living on the eastern seaboard for centuries were often forced to…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/09/27Oct16-They-Also-Ran-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)On the day the latest U.S. president is sworn into office, the runner-up will receive their own ceremony just a…

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