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A Smaller Than Normal Home
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/23Jun16-Marielle-Tsukamoto-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Marielle arrived in Arkansas, she found her new home must have been constructed for a group of second graders. …
Bob Fletcher, Hero
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/22Jun16-Marielle-Tsukamoto-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Bob Fletcher is a hero to many around Sacramento. When others were wronged, he stepped in to make things right…
Selling a Car for $5
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/21Jun16-Marielle-Tsukamoto-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Why would anyone sell a perfectly good car for just five dollars? It was the sad truth that was happening…
Executive Order 9066
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/20Jun16-Marielle-Tsukamoto-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Farming in California’s central valley can have it’s challenges, however it can also provide the right soil and climate for…
The Value of Whaling
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/17Jun16-New-Bedford-Whaling-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The residents of this city were so wealthy,wholesale jerseys their annual per capita income was the equivalent of purchasing two…
A Good Place To Hide
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/16Jun16-New-Bedford-Whaling-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)A slave escaping his master needed a good place to hide. StLouisRamsJerseysOnline Perhaps that what made this job perfect for those…
A Different Kind of Oil Industry
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/15Jun16-New-Bedford-Whaling-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Oil has long been big business for certain areas of the country. Two centuries ago this city was known for…
Predicting Earthquakes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/14Jun16-Old-Faithful-of-California-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Earthquakes are unpredictable and often very deadly. So how could one predict those events to help save lives? This man…
Another Old Faithful
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/13Jun16-Old-Faithful-of-California-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Old Faithful geyser is in Yellowstone National Park. Well, one of the nation’s “old faithfuls” is in the park, the…
Kokee State Park
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/10Jun16-Kokee-State-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most people head to Hawaii for the balmy weather, so it’s quite unexpected to find this place has beautiful ocean…
The Highest Point in the Flattest State
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/09Jun16-Mount-Sunflower-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You can see for many miles from the summit, but it helps when you’re looking across the flattest state. Still…
On the Slopes of Mt. Sunflower
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/08Jun16-Mount-Sunflower-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)They’re called “highpointers” – people who seek to summit the highest point in each of the 50 states. There’s not…
A Place to Check the Herd…and Much More!
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/07Jun16-Mount-Sunflower-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It was a great place to check on his herd. Who knew it would one day be a place that…
Jazz Funerals
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/06Jun16-New-Orleans-Cemetery-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You’ve heard the song “When the Saints Wholesale Chicago Bears Jerseys Go Marching In” but did you know it’s still…
Cemeteries in the Movies
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/03Jun16-New-Orleans-Cemetery-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)People often enjoy a chance to tour the sets of famous movies. Some of those backdrops are public places easily…
Putting the ‘Fun’ in Funerals
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/02Jun16-New-Orleans-Cemetery-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)A funeral is often an tearful occasion. While we honor and respect loved ones, it is an emotional time for…
New Orleans’ ‘Unusual’ Cemeteries
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/01Jun16-New-Orleans-Cemetery-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In New Orleans you’ll find what many consider an unusual way to bury the dead. It involves moving bodies over…
When Caskets Floated
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/31May16-New-Orleans-Cemetery-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Once a casket is buried, you probably expect it to stay in the ground. The fact that the caskets here…
Campbell’s Resort
There are lake resorts all across this nation…but it’s not everyday that you encounter a family owned operation that has been in business for over…
A Century Old Vacation Spot
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/27May16-Campbells-Resort-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In an age of hotel chains boasting hundreds of locations, it is still nice to find some lodgings with the…
