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Posted in American Countryside Best of Minnesota Podcast

The Runestone

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Runestone-KXRA-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)The ancient writing on this stone shows that Europeans had traveled to the interior of North America over a century…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Minnesota

A Rock in a Farmer’s Field

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Runestone-KXRA-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Many a farmer has found a rock in his field, but the rock Olaf Ohman found was different than anything…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois Podcast

Santa Anna’s Leg

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Santa-Annas-Leg.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)It’s been over 150 years since IL soldiers faced Santa Ana in the Mexican War. However traces of that battle…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma Podcast

An Agriculture Student from the Ivory Coast

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Ivory-Coast-Ag-Student.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)It’s not everyday you find a young man who hails from the nation of Ivory Coast attending a farm conference…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of New Hampshire Podcast

New Hampshire’s Town and Country Motor Inn

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Town-and-Country-Inn-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.7KB)The Northeastern United State is home to many long time, family owned resort motels. One of the most famous properties…

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Posted in American Countryside Florida Podcast

A Transformed Working Class

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Ybor-City-Florida-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)When U.S. soldiers crossed the Atlantic to fight in World War I, they not only preserved freedom, they also discovered…

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Posted in American Countryside Florida Podcast

Ybor City, Florida

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Ybor-City-Florida-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Mention Ybor City to someone in Tampa, Florida and they will probably tell you about all the great restaurants, bars…

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Posted in American Countryside Civil War Podcast South Carolina

Famous, But Not for Fort Sumter

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Fort-Sumter-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)One hundred fifty years ago, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter. The man who returned fire for the Union, became…

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Posted in American Countryside Florida Podcast

A Deadly Trip

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/De-Soto-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Imagine walking all the way from Arkansas to Mexico City. That’s what this expedition attempted to do. When they finally…

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Posted in American Countryside Florida Podcast

Transforming an Area Forever

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/De-Soto-Indians-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)It is hard to imagine the changes that took place in the American southeast during the 16th century. The Spanish…

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Posted in American Countryside Florida Podcast

In Search of the Fountain of Youth

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/De-Soto-Indians-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)You may remember your history book told you of Ponce de Leon and his search for the “fountain of youth.”…

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Posted in American Countryside Florida Podcast

Before De Soto

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/De-Soto-Indians-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Thousands of visitors fly and drive to Tampa and Orlando, Florida every year.  Daniel Stevens can tell you what life…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Iowa Podcast Presidents

Herbert Hoover

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Herbert-Hoover-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Some consider this president to be the cause of the Great Depression.  It was probably more a matter of being…

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Posted in American Countryside cattle Iowa Podcast

Harold Barrett and His Indian Motorcycle

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Harold-Barrett-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KWBG in Boone, IA.  Folks there should stay alert!  There’s a 90…

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Posted in American Countryside cattle Iowa Podcast

Harold Barrett

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Harold-Barrett.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Harold Barrett has been farming and feeding cattle as long as he can remember–and that’s about 90 years so far….

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri Podcast

Graham Cave

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/04/Graham-Cave.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)One of the first men to farm this plot of land used the nearby rocky overhang to shelter his herd…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas Missouri Podcast

Crowley’s Ridge

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Benjamin-Crowley-Ridge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KOTC in Kennett, MO.  Is it really true the Mississippi River once…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas Missouri Podcast

Benjamin Crowley

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Benjamin-Crowley-Ridge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Lots of rivers, towns and mountains are named after people who settled in a specific area.  This man never imagined…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas Best of Podcast

A Gangster’s Vacation Hot Spot

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Hot-Springs-Gangsters.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 940.4KB)There aren’t too many peaceful stories about gangsters, but this American city offered ruthless men a chance to have a…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri Podcast

Keeping the Old

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/03/Munger-Moss-Hotel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)The cliché says, out with the old, in with the new.  If Ramona had followed that advice, she might have…

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