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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A Crop Best Suited for a New Home
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/11/17Nov15-Plymouth-Colony-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some regions of the country are better suited for specific crops. That was the case for the Pilgrims who established…
People Called Pilgrams
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/11/16Nov15-Plymouth-Colony-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In 1620, the men and women we call the “Pilgrims” landed near Cape Cod, and eventually established Plymouth Colony. As…
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…
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…
A Shipwreck That Still Influences Today
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/11Nov15-Edmund-Fitzgerald-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Each November 10th, the bell here in Whitefish Point will chime 29 times for the crew that died aboard the…
The Mystery of the Edmund Fitzgerald
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/10Nov15-Edmund-Fitzgerald-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s a mystery that is now 40 years old…a mystery that lives on through a song that tells the story…
A Dangerous Place for Ships
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/09Nov15-Edmund-Fitzgerald-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:05 — 2.1MB)If you come here to the shores of Lake Superior in the summer, you are likely to find lovely waters…
A Variety Show In The Basement of City Hall
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/10/06Nov15-Baldknobbers-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It had a inauspicious beginning. A variety show held in the basement of city hall that attracted a couple dozen…
The Baldknobbers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/10/05Nov15-Baldknobbers-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They were called the Baldknobbers – a group of vigilantes that roamed the Ozarks dispensing justice as they saw fit. …
One of the Biggest Stars in Country Music
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/10/04Nov15-Todd-Bradshaw-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)Today we visit with one of the biggest stars in country music – Kenny Chesney. But it’s a story with…
Making It Big Someday
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/10/03Nov15-Todd-Bradshaw-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Perhaps some of us have an dreams of making it big someday on stage. That was the case for Todd,…
Trying to Prevent a Bank Robbery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/10/02Nov15-Northfield-Jesse-James.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You probably have not heard of a man named Joseph Lee Haywood. He died on September 7th, 1876 trying to…
A Capital City for Exiles
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/29Oct15-Roger-Williams-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In a sense, this capital city is a place established for exiles. If your thoughts and ideas were too radical…
