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Posted in American Countryside Missouri Podcast

Western Expansion

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/St-Louis-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 956.7KB)Daniel Boone is one of the most famous American frontiersmen. But when he crossed the Mississippi River, he went to…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri Podcast

An Early History of St. Louis

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/St-Louis-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 958.2KB)It’s one of the oldest and largest cities on the Mississippi River. Although some may have heard of names like…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas Podcast

Shawnee Mission

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/Shawnee-Mission-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 959.8KB)It was one of the most ethnically mixed schools in America with whites and slaves teaching children of many backgrounds…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas Podcast

A Midwest Mission

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/Shawnee-Mission-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 958.2KB)As Europeans crossed the Atlantic, those who had been living on the eastern seaboard for centuries were often forced to…

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Posted in American Countryside Podcast Utah

Park City, Utah Olympic Park

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/Park-City-Utah.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.7KB)Although winter might seem to be the only time this facility could be in operation, it has become a destination…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri Podcast

Levee High Apple Pie

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/Blue-Owl-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:05 — 980.4KB)The flood of 1993 almost washed away this restaurant. The levee saved the building and provided the inspiration behind their…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri Podcast

Baking Cookies at the Blue Owl

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/Blue-Owl-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.1KB)1983 was the best of times and worst of times for Mary. She was going through a divorce, but it’s…

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Posted in American Countryside Nevada Podcast

The Golden Nugget Casino

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/Golden-Nugget-Casino.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.3KB)Ask someone to name a casino in Vegas and they can rattle off names like the Belagio, Stratospher, MGM and…

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Posted in American Countryside Oklahoma Podcast

Sequoia

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/Sequoia-2010.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 952.2KB)His work helped teach almost an entire nation to read and write within a matter of just a few years….

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Posted in American Countryside cattle Nebraska Podcast

Temple Grandin

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/Temple-Grandin-HBO.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 960.8KB)Many people in agriculture know her name well. This weekend, the world will get to know the subject of a…

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Posted in American Countryside Podcast Texas

The Buckhorn Saloon

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/Buckhorn-Saloon.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 956.1KB)When people can’t pay cash for items they want, they may try to barter. That’s what this saloon did; what…

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Posted in American Countryside cattle Podcast Texas

The National Cattlemens Beef Association’s MBA Program

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/NCBAs-MBA-Program.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 949.2KB)Many universities provide MBA degrees, but the one you can get from this organization will cost you nothing and perhaps…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Pennsylvania Podcast

Punxsutawney Phil

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/Groundhog-Day-2010.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.1KB)He’s by the far the oldest and wisest ground hog in the nation and every February 2nd, you can be…

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Posted in American Countryside California Podcast

The Point Loma Lighthouse

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/02/Point-Loma-Lighthouse-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 951.0KB)Not long after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Americans began to see and hear things–things like Japanese tanks, subs and…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona National Monument National Park Service Podcast

Sunset Volcano Crater National Monument

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/01/Sunset-Volcano.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 957.1KB)Although it’s been about a millennium since this place rumbled to life, the mountain still speaks of the event that…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana Podcast

Mike Rowe: Dirty Jobs

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/01/Mike-Rowe-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 960.4KB)Mike Rowe is known for the dirty jobs he has to perform. But how many times do those jobs really…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana Podcast

Dirty Jobs

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/01/Mike-Rowe-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 957.8KB)Some people believe they have bad jobs. Dirty jobs. Jobs no one else would want to have. So, now they…

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Posted in American Countryside Idaho Podcast

Sun Valley Ski Resort

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/01/Sun-Valley-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)The Union Pacific Railroad had the perfect new resort to sell to its passengers. The only problem was convincing them…

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Technology at a Ski Resort

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/01/Sun-Valley-Resort-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 955.1KB)When you need new technology at a ski resort you of course look to someone in the railroad industry to…

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Posted in American Countryside Idaho Podcast

Looking for a Resort Location

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/01/Sun-Valley-Resort-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 959.2KB)This town got it’s start because a railroad was looking for a new destination to transport passengers. What resulted is…

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