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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…
More Weddings Than Anywhere in the Nation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/13Feb14-Las-Vegas-Wedding-Chapel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This county performs more weddings than any other in the nation. You probably have a good idea where that county…
The Little House on the Prairie
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/12Feb14-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-DeSmet-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Laura Ingalls Wilder lived in several Midwestern states during her lifetime. She was well into her 60s before her first…
The Story the Author Told
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/11Feb14-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-DeSmet-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1879 there was no town here. It was a vast open prairie that could at time be beautiful and…
Writing the Declaration of Independence
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/10Feb14-Declaration-of-Independence-Matlack.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve probably not heard of Timothy Matlack, but you’ve certainly heard about the words he wrote. We’ll tell you why…
The US Marshals Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/07Feb14-US-Marshals-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Who makes sure that the scientists of Antarctica are accountable to the law? It may sound like a strange question,…
The Critical Role of the US Marshals
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/06Feb14-US-Marshals-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They are the longest tenured federal law enforcement group in the United States. Their important work has played a critical…
From Norway to Oklahoma
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/05Feb14-Heavener-Oklahoma-Runestone-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a long way from Norway to Oklahoma. That’s precisely why this story seems so hard to believe. However, could…
A Different Story
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/04Feb14-Heavener-Oklahoma-Runestone-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You can find ancient carvings of Native Americans in many parts of the country. So when early settlers happened upon…
Vikings in Oklahoma
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/03Feb14-Heavener-Oklahoma-Runestone-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you want to learn the story of ancient Vikings you would of course travel to Scandinavia…or Oklahoma of course. …
The Wonderful Flying Machine and Henry Heitz
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/31Jan14-Elkton-Henry-Heitz.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You probably haven’t heard of Henry Heitz. However, the folks in Elkton, South Dakota know that he invented a flying…
An Elephant on the Run
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/30Jan14-Elkton-Elephant-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)The people of Elkton, South Dakota were excited that the circus was in town. But when bad weather forced its…
The Circus Comes to Elkton
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/29Jan14-Elkton-Elephant-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just about everyone loves the circus, so people in Elkton, South Dakota were disappointed when bad weather forced the cancellation…
The World War I Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/28Jan14-World-War-I-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the World War I museum and Liberty Memorial were dedicated in 1926 by President Calvin Coolidge, it’s said he…
A Global Conflict
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/27Jan14-World-War-I-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Ask most Americans who their nation fought in World War II and they’ll tell you Nazi Germany and Japan. Ask…
Presumed Dead For Three Days
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/25Jan14-Fireman-Joe-Torillo-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For three days Joe Torrillo’s family thought he’d died in the terrorist attack at the World Trade Center. However a…
Surviving Two Buildings
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/24Jan14-Fireman-Joe-Torillo-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Joe Torrillo survived not one building falling on top of him, but two. Against all odds, he made a…
Saving the Lives of Rescue Workers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/23Jan14-Fireman-Joe-Torillo-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Amid the tragic loss of life at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, one man saved the lives…
A Ceremony That Would Not Take Place
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/22Jan14-Fireman-Joe-Torillo-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Joe Torrillo was ready to unveil a new action figure for a giant toy company in New York City. However,…
Tragedy and Triumph on 9-11
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/12/21Jan14-Fireman-Joe-Torillo-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we begin a series of programs with New York City firefighter, Joe Torrillo, as he shares his story of…
