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A Modern Convenience Store on Route 66
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/30Jan17-Pops-on-Route-66-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most people travel Old Route 66 for the nostalgia. So on the surface, this convenience store might not seem to…
Amazing Feats of Frigidness
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/27Jan17-Morristown-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)We may complain about winter weather at times…but there has perhaps never been a winter like that of 1779-80…a winter…
The Challenges of Morristown
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/26Jan17-Morristown-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Most American’s have heard of the winter Washington’s men endured at Valley Forge…but few it seems have heard the story…
Flying the President
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/25Jan17-Marine-One-Pilot-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We often see pictures of presidents boarding or deplaning Air Force One, or the Marine One helicopter. However, you often…
The HMX-1
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/24Jan17-Marine-One-Pilot-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of something called HMX-1. However, you’ve most likely seen it – or at…
A Promotion Back to This Side of the Globe
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/23Jan17-Marine-One-Pilot-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Vincent, like many young men in the 1970s, fought in Vietnam. However, during his tour of duty he received a…
Shawnee Mission
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…
Napa Valley Resorts
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/19Jan17-Napa-Valley-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)This place quickly became a playground for the well-to-do to escape the city during the summer. In fact, the tales…
Napa Valley Agriculture
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/18Jan17-Napa-Valley-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)California’s Napa Valley has long been associated with wine. However, wine is newcomer when compared to all this area grows…
Napa and the Gold Rush
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/17Jan17-Napa-Valley-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)If you tell someone you’re headed to Napa, they probably expect you to be sampling some wine and perhaps staying…
Nathan Combs
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/16Jan17-Napa-Valley-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve probably never heard of a man named Nathan Combs. However, you have heard of the place he helped create. …
A Trading Network on the Northern Plains
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/13Jan17-Fort-Union-2017.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)It was the site of a vast trading network on the northern plains. It’s history spanned forty years and today,…
The Circle From the Ryan
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/12Jan17-Ryman-Auditorium-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)If you’ve ever been to the Grand Ole Opry, you have seen a circular piece of wood that’s been inserted…
The Union Gospel Tabernacle
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/11Jan17-Ryman-Auditorium-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was one of the largest venues in the nation when it was constructed – Union Gospel Tabernacle. But just…
What Started As A Tent Revival
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/10Jan17-Ryman-Auditorium-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)You’ve probably not heard of the evangelist, Samuel Jones. However, there’s a decent chance you know at least the last…
Rough Around the Edges
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/09Jan17-Ryman-Auditorium-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Tom was quite the entrepreneur. He built a great steamboat line and became quite wealthy. But he was also a…
The Knife River Indian Village
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/06Jan17-Knife-River-Indian-Village.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Two centuries ago, these villages contained more people than the city of St. Louis…yet only a handful of Europeans and…
At The Heart of the Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/05Jan17-Flip-This-Town-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s important that your heart is healthy if you want to live a long and productive life. The same can…
Flip This Building
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/04Jan17-Flip-This-Town-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Turn on the tv and you can find shows about flipping properties, but in a moment we’ll take you to…
Helping Rural America
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/03Jan17-Flip-This-Town-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a common story in many small towns and big cities across America. Many places have downtown buildings that are…