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Down Under: A 4000 Mile Walk
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/29Apr14-Australia-Alice-Springs-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a walk of over 4000 miles across some of the most remote stretches of land in the world….
Down Under: The Outback of Austalia
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/28Apr14-Australia-Alice-Springs-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For the next couple of weeks we’ll be outside of our country for a look at life “down under.” We’re…
A Hotel Icon Still Serving Travelers Today
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/25Apr14-El-Rancho-Hotel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)The movie stars are gone, but the legends still abound, including the story one celebrity who rode his horse into…
A Hotel for Movie Stars
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/24Apr14-El-Rancho-Hotel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It was built to house movie stars. A hotel in western New Mexico where celebrities could catch some rest and…
Breaking the Color Barrier
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/23Apr14-Tom-Bass-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Jackie Robinson is known for breaking the color barrier in baseball. However, some people say the first athlete to break…
Tom Bass
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/22Apr14-Tom-Bass-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KXEO in Mexico, Missouri. Folks there know the name Tom Bass…and you…
A Surprise in Law Enforcement
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/21Apr14-Birmingham-Childrens-March-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1963 this city’s police force brutally attacked Gwen Webb. Just over a decade later, she was a member of…
Jailed for Participating in Civil Rights
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/18Apr14-Birmingham-Childrens-March-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In May of 1963 hundreds of Birmingham school students were jailed for participating in Civil Rights marches. There were so…
Children on the March in Birmingham
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/17Apr14-Birmingham-Childrens-March-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The images from Birmingham were difficult to watch. Kids under the age of 18 where being knocked off their feet…
A Pivotol Moment in Civil Rights
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/16Apr14-Birmingham-Childrens-March-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Gwen Webb was a high school student in one of Birmingham, Alabama’s segregated public schools. In early May 1963 she…
The Effort to Change
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/15Apr14-Birmingham-Childrens-March-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is said that in the early 1960s, there was no large city more racially segregated that Birmingham, Alabama. It…
The Museum of Osteology
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/14Apr14-Museum-of-Osteology-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s called the Museum of Osteology. It’s a one-of-a-kind place. But many of you are asking what’s osteology?
The Bone Collector
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/11Apr14-Museum-of-Osteology-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jay’s father could have scolded him for what he’d unearthed. Most parents would say, “Put down that filthy thing!” His…
The Message of the Mailbox
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/10Apr14-Brookfield-Missouri-Mailboxes.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Mailboxes come in many shapes, colors and sizes. But the mailboxes given as gifts every May in Brookfield, Missouri are…
The Impression of an Actor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/09Apr14-Brookfield-MO-John-Wilkes-Booth-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Everyone knows John Wilkes Booth as the assassin of President Lincoln. However, before his deadly deed in April 1865, he…
John Wilke Booth’s Stay in Missouri
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/08Apr14-Brookfield-MO-John-Wilkes-Booth-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)John was a well known actor who traveled the nation in a variety of productions. In fact, a journey to…
Overwhelming Dead in Gettysburg
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/07Apr14-Gettysburg-Shriver-House-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The numbers of dead and wounded soldiers and horses overwhelmed the population of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1863. It was up…
The Impact of Gettysburg
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/04Apr14-Gettysburg-Shriver-House-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most people who visit Gettysburg, Pennsylvania tour the battlefield and learn about the fighting that took place in the first…
Getting Caught in the Battle of Gettysburg
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/03Apr14-Gettysburg-Shriver-House-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the battle began here in Gettysburg, Hettie Shriver and her two young daughters left town and went to stay with…
The Dangers of Being Kicked By A Cow
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/02Apr14-Eisenhower-Farm-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you’ve spent much time around cattle, there’s a good chance you’ve been kicked. The right blow can put a…
