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Posted in American Countryside Massachusetts

Growing Bountiful Crops

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/14Dec15-Cranberry-Farm-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s hard to image that a place once known for mining iron would become an area that later was recognized…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

A Second Chance At Life

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/11Dec15-Tom-Brand-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)To say Tom Brand got a second chance at life is to infer that he hadn’t been making the most…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

The Power of Prayer

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/10Dec15-Tom-Brand-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Do you believe in the power of prayer?  If not, today’s feature may just make you a believer.  Tom Brand…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Surviving the Odds

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/09Dec15-Tom-Brand-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Statistics show that if you need CPR, even in a hospital setting, your chances of survival are under ten percent. …

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Angels Watching Over Us

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/08Dec15-Tom-Brand-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you are a person of faith, you may believe there are angels watching over us.  Today’s story certainly supports…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Facing A Heart Attack

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/07Dec15-Tom-Brand-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we begin a series with Tom Brand.  Many of you may know Tom as a long-time broadcaster and today’s…

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Posted in Missouri Saint Joseph Scenic Route

Scenic Route – Tom Brand

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/Scenic-Route-Tom-Brand.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 45:29 — 31.2MB)American Countryside Producer and Editor Tom Brand faced multiple heart attacks in the summer of 2013 that not only affected…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

Where Did That Pumpkin Pie Come From?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/04Dec15-Ackerman-Farms-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Over the holidays many of us will have a piece of Pumpkin pie.  When you eat that dessert, you might…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

Changing the Way They Farmed

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/03Dec15-Ackerman-Farms-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)During the 1980s many farmers were forced to change the way they farmed.  The financial conditions of the decade made…

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Posted in American Countryside Oregon

Stories from Pendleton, Oregon

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/02Dec15-Pendelton-Underground-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most towns have a mix of good and bad in their histories.  Perhaps that’s the case for Pendleton, Oregon.  Certainly…

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Posted in American Countryside Oregon

Underground Tunnels and Secret Establishments

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/01Dec15-Pendelton-Underground-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may think stories of secret underground tunnels and secret subterranean establishments is a thing of folklore.  But go below…

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Posted in American Countryside Oregon

A Town for Early Travelers

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/30Nov15-Pendelton-Underground-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)About 200 miles east of Portland, Oregon on today’s interstate 84, you’ll find a town that once served the early…

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The McElhaney Cattle Company

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/27Nov15-McElhaney-Cattle-Company.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Angus Brown is used to dealing with 120 degree plus heat and three inches of rain a year.  It’s a…

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The Butterball Turkey Talkline

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/26Nov15-Plymouth-Rock.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Each Thanksgiving we are likely to remember the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock.  But is that rock really the…

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Posted in American Countryside Massachusetts

The Origins of Thanksgiving

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/25Nov15-Pilgrim-Hall-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Each November we celebrate Thanksgiving in this country.  But how did we get the annual holiday?  While it may have…

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A One-Time Feast

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/24Nov15-Pilgrim-Hall-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We often trace our Thanksgiving holiday back to the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony.  It’s true they did have a feast…

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The Oldest Museum in the Nation

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/23Nov15-Pilgrim-Hall-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Where is the oldest museum in the nation?  You might guess New York or Washington, D.C., but the town is…

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Posted in American Countryside Massachusetts

Farming With the Methods of 400 Years Ago

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/11/20Nov15-First-Thanksgiving-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Farming can be a challenging way to make a living, especially when you consider factors like the weather that are…

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The First Thanksgiving

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/11/19Nov15-First-Thanksgiving-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)We associate the first Thanksgiving with the Native American and Pilgrims living in Plymouth Colony.  However, we know very little…

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Squanto

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/11/18Nov15-Squanto.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)His name is one from our history books, but perhaps we have forgotten just how important his role was in…

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