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The Ride of Jack Jouett

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/01Jul16-Jack-Juett-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You no doubt have heard of Paul Revere.  However, you’ve probably not heard of Jack Jouett.  When you hear the…

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The Advance of the British

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/30Jun16-Jack-Juett-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It was June of 1881 and British troops were advancing on the home of future president Thomas Jefferson – in…

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Jack Jouett

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/29Jun16-Jack-Juett-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There’s a good chance you’ve not heard of Jack Jouett, ravensjerseyssmall yet he may have been the man who saved…

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The “Other” History at Fort Knox

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/20Apr16-Fort-Knox-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When most of us hear of Fort Knox, we think of gold.  While gold is there, there is much more…

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Who Has the Most Gold In the US?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/19Apr16-Fort-Knox-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Whether you have any or not, many of us are fascinated by gold.  It’s the storyline of many a tv…

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Is the Gold Still at Fort Knox?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/18Apr16-Fort-Knox-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Everyone knows that much of the nation’s gold is at Fort Knox.  Or is it?  That’s the question many wondered…

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Building the Vault at Fort Knox

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/12Apr16-Boundary-Oak-Distillery-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve heard of the gold at Fort Knox, and while we can’t go inside the vault, we do know much…

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The Gold Act

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/11Apr16-Boundary-Oak-Distillery-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)During the depths of the US Depression in the 1930s, the federal government took several steps to spur the economy. …

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Patton’s Armored Diesel

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/15Apr16-Fort-Knox-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Sometimes people will use secret codes to keep vital information from slipping into the wrong hands.  General Patton used such…

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Rediscovering Drinks Before Prohibition

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/14Apr16-Fort-Knox-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the U.S. adopted prohibition in 1920, most alcohol production ceased, but when production resumed in the 1930s, it seems…

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Boundary Oak Bourbon

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/13Apr16-Boundary-Oak-Distillery-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You can still find some old deeds that use a large tree to mark a property boundary.  Such was the…

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Meet Amberley Snyder

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/13Nov15-Amberly-Snyder-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Amberley Snyder is quickly making a name for herself at rodeos across the nation.  However, her life is one of…

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Riding a Horse Without the Use of Your Legs

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/12Nov15-Amberly-Snyder-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Riding a horse requires skill, especially if you’re on the pro rodeo circuit.  Now image that task without the use…

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Life Without Limbs

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/18Nov14-Life-Without-Limbs-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He’s a nationally known speaker who will never experience his knees  shaking or his palms sweating.  That’s because he has…

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A Life with No Arms or Legs

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/17Nov14-Life-Without-Limbs-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine living in a world where you had no arms or legs.  Some might say it’s a life not worth living. …

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Inside the Brown Hotel

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/11/26Nov13-Brown-Hotel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)It’s not everyday you check into a hotel and catch a fish in the lobby.  It’s just one of the…

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A Motivation to Start Your Own Business

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/11/25Nov13-Brown-Hotel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)James Graham Brown never forgot the day he was refused service at a Louisville business.   The event served as a…

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The Presidency of Zachary Taylor

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Zachary-Taylor-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Although this president died in office in 1850, his body was exhumed over a century later to determine if his…

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