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Posted in American Countryside Oregon

The Last to Receive Rail Service

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/01/18Jan23-High-Desert-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)As settlers moved west, rail lines were not far behind them in most cases.  However, when you look at the…

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Posted in American Countryside Oregon

A Town That’s Boring

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/01/17Jan23-Boring-Oregon-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes you run into someone, who when asked about where they live, will tell you they live in a boring…

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Posted in American Countryside Oregon

Sharing Information About Bigfoot

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/01/16Jan23-Boring-Oregon-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A trip to Boring, Oregon is anything but – especially if you stop by the place Cliff Barackman established back…

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Posted in American Countryside Oregon

Finding Sasquatch

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/01/15Jan23-Boring-Oregon-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The term “sasquatch” is one that invokes a variety of images for people.  To some in may be merely a…

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Posted in American Countryside Oregon

A Mill with a Global Impact

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/01/12Jan23-Thompson-Mill-Oregon-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of us are fascinated by those old mills that use water power to turn wheels or turbines that in…

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Posted in American Countryside Oregon

A Legacy Mill

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/01/11Jan23-Thompson-Mill-Oregon-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the Willamette River valley you’ll find an old mill with quite a story.  It’s legacy dates to the 1850s…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

Semi Loads of Hats

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/01/10Jan23-Minnesota-Hat-Collector-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Every farmer needs a hat – and many farm supply companies provide them all the time.  But Scott’s dad enjoyed…

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Posted in American Countryside Minnesota

Hats…Beyond Their Usual Purpose

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/01/09Jan23-Minnesota-Hat-Collector-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A farm hat is a necessity for many people- something to keep the sun out of your eyes or perhaps…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

Atop a Magnificent Peak

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/01/08Jan23-Poteau-Oklahoma-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is one of the highest points in the world and it isn’t out of reach for any climber, no…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

Building a Building with an Identified Need

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/05Jan23-Poteau-Oklahoma-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a six story hotel in a place some would consider the frontier border of Oklahoma and Arkansas.  That was…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma

How Do You Pronounce the Name of This Town?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/04Jan23-Poteau-Oklahoma-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most folks aren’t quite sure how to pronounce the name of this town.  The name looks like it belongs to…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

What Cheer, Iowa’s Opera House

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/03Jan23-What-Cheer-Iowa-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I’ve always been fascinated by some of the old opera houses in small towns across America. Those buildings often have…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

A Town With An Intriguing Name

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/02Jan23-What-Cheer-Iowa-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you see this town on the map or perhaps find yourself passing through it on a trip across Iowa,…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of

Best of 2023: The Offer to the Bily Brother

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/01Jan23-Best-of-2023-Bily-Brothers.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1928 the Bily brothers received quite an offer from Henry Ford.  He offered them one million dollars for something…

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Best of 2023: North Carolina Nuclear Bomb Farm

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/29Dec23-Best-of-23-North-Carolina-Nuclear-Bomb-Farm.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the Best of 2023 with The American Countryside! Brent Tyndall has people pulling in his driveway just about every…

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Best of 2023: The Midwest Dream Car Museum

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/28Dec23-Best-of-23-Midwest-Dream-Car-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the Best of 2023 with The American Countryside! If you’ve ever seen one of the movies in the Back…

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Best of 2023: Cole Younger

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/27Dec23-Best-of-23-Cole-Younger.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the Best of 2023 with The American Countryside! When you hear the name Cole Younger, you probably think of…

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Best of 2023: Al’s Oasis

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/26Dec23-Best-of-23-Als-Oasis.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the best of 2023 with a The American Countryside! If you’ve driven across interstate 90 in South Dakota you…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Christmas City, USA

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/25Dec23-Noel-Missouri-Post-Office.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)At Christmas we may sing, “The First Noel.”  In the United States, this is the “Only Noel.”  Confused?  Join me…

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Posted in American Countryside New York

Twas the Night Before Christmas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/12/22Dec23-Twas-the-Night-Before-Christmas.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house…they’re words we know well…and words that launched Santa’s image about…

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