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Charles Pinckney

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/24Feb11-Charles-Pinckney.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)You may not have heard his name, but the impact this young man left on our government is still felt…

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Farming Big with Small Equipment

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Phil-Corzine-Brazil-Agriculture-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)It’s amazing some of the technology that can be found on the farm these days.  However, if you go to…

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Farming Soybeans in South America

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Phil-Corzine-Brazil-Agriculture-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Phil Corzine knows about growing soybeans. However, a few years ago he took that knowledge to South America to grow…

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President Andrew Johnson

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/21Feb11-Andrew-Johnson.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 944.5KB)Every February, we celebrate the birthdays of Lincoln and Washington. But what about some of the lesser-known individuals who occupied…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois Podcast

A Different Place to Farm

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Phil-Corzine-Brazil-Agriculture-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 942.2KB)Midwestern farms experience temperatures that can often range from below zero to over 100 during the course of the year….

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois Podcast

Stumps in the Road

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/17Feb11-National-Road-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:05 — 977.0KB)Folks in Ramsey, Illinois know that just a few miles to the south, one of the nation’s first roads once…

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The National Road

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/National-Road-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Today, interstate highways allow us to travel from state to state crossing rivers, plains and mountains in a fraction of…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois Podcast

Chicago’s Library

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Chicago-Library.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Chicago was ready to build a new library in the late 1800s.  However, it had two challenges.  There was little…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois Podcast

Chicago’s Cultural Center

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Chicago-Cultural-Center.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Chicago’s Michigan Avenue has long been a place noted for fine shops, hotels and attractions. Many people though, pass by…

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An African Weather Forecast

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/11Feb11-Bryce-Anderson-Africa-Weather.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)When we get a weather forecast, we, of course, are most interested in the weather for where we live. But…

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Lincoln’s Aide – William Johnson

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Lincoln-Servant-William-Johnson.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Few people know that on Abraham Lincoln’s return to the District of Columbia from delivering the Gettysburg Address, he contracted…

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Springfield, Illinois’ Train Station

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Lincoln-Inauguration-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)On the surface, this old train station in Springfield, Illinois may not seem to be that important.  However, when you…

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A President-Elect and a Yard Sale

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Lincoln-Inaugeration-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)When people move, they often put some items up for sale and place others in the trash.  Now imagine it…

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Juggler Greg Frisbee

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Juggler-Greg-Frisbee.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Lot of people juggle. Some people can juggle clubs. Others can juggle knives. A few even juggle torches. Greg Frisbee…

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Strongman Steve

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/14Sep09-Strong-Man-Steve.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.7KB)(Leslie, Missouri)–Every dentist that has ever advised not to crush ice or hard candy with one’s teeth will not want…

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POW Tom Crosby

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/26Feb10-POW-Tom-Crosby-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.7KB)American troops finally made it to Manila and were attempting to free POW’s like Tom Crosby. Just went things seemed…

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Wilson Footballs

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Wilson-Football-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Plenty of people watch the Super Bowl and certainly the contest makes game day heroes out of some of the…

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The Evolution of Dance

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/Evolution-of-Dance.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)It all began in 2001 with a two minute dance routine tacked onto the end of a speaking performance. It’s…

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Major General Arnold Fields

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/Major-General-Arnold-Fields-NFA.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Major General Arnold Fields spent 34 years in the Marines. He attributes much of his success to an organization known…

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A Museum with an Outhouse

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/Paper-Discovery-Center-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)This is an intriguing hands-on museum–especially when you consider it has an outhouse standing in the middle of it…..

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