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The National Museum of the War

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/13Mar14-Combat-Zone-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some say Marvin gets to play with very large toys.  He might even say that himself.  Machine guns, tanks, flame…

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Tanks and Barbed Wire in a Tropical Oasis

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/12Mar14-Combat-Zone-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the middle of Texas’s hill country you’ll find a tropical oasis.  There’s sand and palm trees, but you’ll also…

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The Menger Hotel

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/11Mar14-Menger-Hotel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a well-known general riding his horse into the lobby of a hotel…and it was met with applause.  Another military…

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A Bath With Every Room

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/10Mar14-Menger-Hotel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today just about every hotel room in America has a private bathroom included.  Turn back the clock over a century…

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Streets Wide Enough for Ox Cart U-Turns

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/07Mar14-Fredericksburg-Texas.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today cities don’t need to be laid out so that ox carts can make U-turns.  However, that was the plan…

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France’s Gift of the 40 and 8

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/06Mar14-40-and-8-Boxcar-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Thousands of boxcars crisscross the country each day with a variety of cargo. But these boxcars were truly special, because…

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The 40 and 8

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/05Mar14-40-and-8-Boxcar-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The term 40 & 8 doesn’t mean much to most Americans–unless you happened to serve in France during one of…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

The Plane Crash Near Cottonwood Falls

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/04Mar14-Knute-Rockne-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)March 31, 1931 is a date still well remembered by those living around Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.  Although eye witnesses have…

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The Fame of Knute Rockne

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/03Mar14-Knute-Rockne-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Knute Rockne coached Notre Dame to four national championships and a record of 105 wins, against only 12 losses and…

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Council Grove

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/28Feb14-Council-Grove-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today if you need parts for your car or truck, you might just head to an auto repair store.  Turn…

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An Important Tree in the Mail System

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/27Feb14-Council-Grove-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before express mail or overnight delivery, messages traveled at a speed measured not in hours, but in weeks.  For those…

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A Small Grove of Trees

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/26Feb14-Council-Grove-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The hardwood trees along the Neosho River had been growing here for years.  In fact, many of those old trees…

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The Seattle Underground

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/25Feb14-Seattle-Underground.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most of the time people would consider a raging fire sweeping through the heart of downtown to be a very…

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A Couple From Kansas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/24Feb14-Obamas-Grandparents.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Dunhams were just another pair of Kansas high school graduates.  They stayed in touch with classmates and tried to…

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President’s Week: James Monroe

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/21Feb14-Prez-Week-James-Monroe.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Thomas Jefferson’s home is one of the best known and most visited in the United States.  However, just drive down…

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President’s Week: The Most Famous First Lady

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/20Feb14-Prez-Week-Dolly-Madison.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was one of our most important presidents…yet the first lady may just be better known than her husband.  The…

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President’s Week: Thomas Brand

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/19Feb14-Prez-Week-Thomas-Jefferson.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Thomas Jefferson is known to have composed much of the Declaration of Independence…but he wasn’t happy with the final product. …

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President’s Week: Between Washington & Jefferson

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/18Feb14-Prez-Week-John-Adams.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)His presidency was sandwiched between presidential greats George Washington and Thomas Jefferson…and unfortunately, much of his work in helping form…

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President’s Week: Washington’s Birthplace

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/17Feb14-Prez-Week-George-Washington-Birthplace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)George Washington’s birth date was always clear…February 22, 1732.  The location of his birth though was difficult to pinpoint.  It’s…

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A Valentine’s Wedding Record

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/14Feb14-Las-Vegas-Wedding-Chapel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)My grandparents were married on Valentine’s Day and they celebrated 76 wedding anniversaries.  But today, we honor a Valentine’s wedding…

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