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Veterans Day
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/Josh-Bliell.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)On Veterans Day, we remember those who have served our country and those who have fought to preserve freedom at…
King of the Cowboys
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/Tom-Mix.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)Tom Mix was known as the King of the Cowboys, starring in over 300 films from 1910 – 1935. He…
Smuggling Cash Under Your Skirt
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/David-Waldo.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)When Union and Confederate sympathizers threatened to take this banker’s money, he did what any logical person would do–he dressed…
The Petroglyphs at Washington State Park
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/Washington-State-Park-Petroglyph.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)When the Civilian Conservation Corp was working here in the 1930s they began to notice some unusual carving in the…
Presidential Visits at the Town & Country Inn
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/Town-Country-Inn-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Too many cooks spoil the broth, and too many presidential candidates in the kitchen can cause a lot of problems…
The Town & Country Inn
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/Town-Country-Inn-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)When do you need to ride 100 yards in a limo to get from your motel room to the banquet…
The Carthage, Illinois Jail
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/Carthage-Illinois-Jail.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)Jails aren’t supposed to be a thing of beauty, but the tan limestone walls of the 1839 jailhouse in Carthage,…
Trying to Hold Harry Houdini
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Harry-Houdini-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)They threw him in jail cells, put him in straight jackets, handcuffed him underwater, suspended him in the air from…
Harry Houdini
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Harry-Houdini-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)When you mention the name Harry Houdini, you, of course, recall him for his famous card tricks. Probably not. However,…
Living Through The War of the Worlds
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/War-of-the-Worlds.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It was Halloween Eve, 1938. Suddenly, the ghosts and goblins that were just an imagination in one’s mind became very…
The Dusenberg
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/23Oct09-Dusenberg.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.0MB)In Northeast Indiana, there’s a town that once produced the top cars of the day. In this very showroom, some…
A Flight Plan for Life
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Vernice-Flygirl-Armour-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Vernice Armour was a combat pilot in Iraq. It was an extraordinary mission, working to rebuild the country and protecting…
Vernice “Flygirl” Armour
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Vernice-Flygirl-Armour-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Vernice had a dream to fly. However, that dream wasn’t simply to take to the air, but to push the…
The End of the Pony Express
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Pony-Express-Marysville.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KNDY. It was in their home town one hundred fifty years ago…
The Packard Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/24Oct11-Packard-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)Name your favorite brand of car and you can probably find a dealership within a reasonable distance of your home….
The Packard
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Packard-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)It was the luxury car of the first half of the 20th century. Today, the company is gone, but the…
Home of the Pop-tab, Cash Register and More
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Dayton-Inventions.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)If you are over 30 years old, you probably remember aluminum cans that had the old pull off tabs. Today,…
The Other Wright Brothers Plane
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Dayton-Wright-Brothers.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)The Wright Brothers first took flight in 1903 and that plane is in the Smithsonian. But the brothers said there…
More Than An Ice Cream Cone
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Youngs-Dairy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)When is an ice cream cone, more than just ice cream in a cone? We solve that riddle…..
A Family Dairy for Over 150 Years
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/10/Youngs-Dairy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)This week we’ll be in the Dayton, Ohio area as we say hello to our listeners on the classic country…