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The Place Where the Final Chapter of the Civil War Began
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/08Apr15-Appamatox-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most Americans know it as the place where the Civil War ended. Although that is not technically true…it is still…
Behind the Life of America’s Most Famous Architect
Ask an American who is the most famous architect in their country’s history and this man’s name is probably at the top of the list….
Abraham Lincoln’s Furthest West Visit
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/06Apr15-Troy-Kansas-Lincoln-Visit.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)People often associate Abraham Lincoln with the states of Illinois or perhaps his birthplace in Kentucky. But what state is…
A Work of Art for Every State
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/03Apr15-Troy-Kansas-Peter-Toth-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)To some, they resemble totem poles, but the works of art are more modern and quite intricate. At least one…
Peter Toth’s Lasting Impression
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/02Apr15-Troy-Kansas-Peter-Toth-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Peter Toth was just a boy when his family was forced to leave Hungary. The event left a lasting impression…
Inside A Titan II Missle Silo
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/01Apr15-Titan-Missle-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)In the 1980s there were 54 Titan II missile silos across the U.S. Those missile carried the largest land-based nuclear…
Standing Alert
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/31March15-Titan-Missle-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)They were some of the largest and most devastating weapons ever developed and today we visit with a lady who…
An Interview Underground
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/30Mar15-Titan-Missle-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Over the year’s we’ve done some of our interviews underground. That’s the case for today’s feature…situated on “level seven” of…
San Marcos Resort
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/27Mar15-San-Marcos-Resort.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.7MB) Phoenix, Arizona has plenty of golf resorts that attract thousands of visitors, but ask someone who established the first…
From Board Room to the Classroom
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/26Mar15-Bloch-Brothers-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.8MB) What happens when the CEO of a major corporation decides he wants to begin teaching middle school math? It’s…
H&R Block Career Change
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/25Mar15-Bloch-Brothers-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.8MB) Tom Bloch’s father and uncle founded H&R Block, a company that Tom eventually led as CEO. But there was…
H&R Block
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/24Mar15-Bloch-Brothers-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.8MB) There are some folks that think they can run your business better than you can. In this case, the…
The Bloch Brothers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/23Mar15-Bloch-Brothers-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.8MB) Very few people like to figure their taxes and even fewer like to pay them. But this pair of…
Oklahoma Oil
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/20Mar15-Oklahoma-Oil-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB) The price of oil is a figure many Americans closely follow. Now imagine a time when the price dipped…
Striking Oil at the Governor’s Mansion
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/19Mar15-Oklahoma-Oil-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB) If you struck oil underneath your home, well you might just move in order to strike it rich. But…
Glen Miller – Musician and Soldier
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/18Mar15-Glen-Miller-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB) He was one of the most famous Americans in the early 1940s…a man who was making up to $20,000…
Glen Miller – Hitmaker
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/17Mar15-Glen-Miller-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB) Even if you are not old enough to have enjoyed this man’s music when he originally created it, there’s…
It Started with a Trombone
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/16Mar15-Glen-Miller-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB) The gentleman who ran a store in Grant City, Missouri could have never imagined what would happen when…
Clark’s Trading Post
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/13March15-Clarks-Trading-Post-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.7MB) Imagine a animal show where bears bolted from the stage to barrel past tourist and make a break for…
A Roadside Stopper
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/03/12March15-Clarks-Trading-Post-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.7MB) Along I-93 in northern New Hampshire you’ll find a spot that’s been attracting families for three and four generations…