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Surviving a Blizzard on Christmas Candy

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/07/31Jul23-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are tales of locusts that consumer the crops and a blizzard so bad that a man had to hunker…

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The Dugout on Plumb Creek

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/07/28Jul23-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Early pioneers sometimes did not have the means or resources to build a house on the prairie.  They instead created…

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The Wilder Pageant

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/07/27Jul23-Wilder-Pageant.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This outdoor theatre has been taking place since the 1970s.  It’s hosted in a very small town and is all…

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The Fame of Charles Lindbergh

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/07/25Jul23-Lindbergh-Little-Falls-Minnesota-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s hare do describe just how famous this man had become.  It’s estimated that in the late 1920s one in…

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Seeing His First Airplane

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/07/24Jul23-Lindbergh-Little-Falls-Minnesota-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Do you remember seeing an important event for the first time when you were a kid.  That was the case…

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Boy Charles, The Inventor

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/07/21Jul23-Lindbergh-Little-Falls-Minnesota-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes kids, even from an early age, will give you a glimpse of what they might do or become as…

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Albany, Minnesota’s Pioneer Days

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/29Jun23-Albany-Pioneer-Days-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are lots of places you can go to see classic tractors.  Most are well done and many have a…

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The Small Town Event that Became a Big Time Attraction

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/28Jun23-Albany-Pioneer-Days-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)One September weekend each year you can count on about 20,000 to 25,000 people to attend an event in central…

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A Keen Eye for Undiscovered History

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/27Jun23-Albany-Pioneer-Days-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)John had a job, but he also had a keen eye for what he saw while doing that job.  For…

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Origins of 3M

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/08May23-Two-Harbors-Minnesota-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Roll back the clock to the late 1800s and the people of Two Harbor, Minnesota would tell you this company…

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The Mighty Edna G

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/05May23-Two-Harbors-Minnesota-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are many people that tout a variety of diet plans.  We may have a new idea to add to…

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Twenty Boat Pile-up

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/04May23-Two-Harbors-Minnesota-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s been over a century since one major storm hit the shores of western Lake Superior.  However the twenty plus…

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Sailing to Norway – The Long Way

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/25Apr23-Viking-Ship-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)On the surface it seemed to be a ludicrous project.  A man with no experience building boats, was going to…

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Visions of Viking Ships

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/04/24Apr23-Viking-Ship-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Robert Asp had a dream to visit Norway someday.  It was, after all, the land where his family traced their…

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The Mississippi Flows North

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/03/28Mar23-Lake-Itasca-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Mississippi River flows over 2500 miles, southward through the Midwestern U.S.  That is, unless you are here, where the…

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The Beginning – Lake Itasca

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/03/27Mar23-Lake-Itasca-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico just south of New Orleans, Louisiana.  But where does the mighty…

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Birthplace of Sears

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/06Mar23-Sears-Birthplace-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)At one time, Sears was the largest retailer in the world.  Today there are just a handful of stores that…

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The Unwanted Watches That Built a Billion Dollar Company

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/03Mar23-Sears-Birthplace-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There was a problem at the rail depot in North Branch, Minnesota.  A box of watches had arrived, but the…

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From Telegraph Operator to…?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/02Mar23-Sears-Birthplace-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Richard was born in Minnesota.  His father died while he was a boy and he got a job as a…

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Loading the Largest of Ships

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/01/27Jan23-Two-Harbors-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They are some of the largest boat docks you’ll ever see.  Not mere spots on a lake from which to…

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