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Dairy Farmers Working Together (Part 1)
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Dairy-Farmers-Working-Together-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)We continue our trip in Vermont this week…looking at the importance of dairy farms in our nation. We travel extensively…
More Cow Power
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Cow-Power-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:03 — 958.2KB)It’s called Cow Power…a program that producers renewable energy from diary cattle. It’s such a good idea in fact, Vermont…
Cow Power
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Cow-Power-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)Vermont’s dairy farms are truly a treasure. Not only do they produce important ag products…but a program called Cow Power…
Mastadon Park
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Maston-Park-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.3KB)Imagine you unearthed the bones of an animal and had little idea of what you found. Now imagine making up…
Visit Saint Joseph, Missouri: The Pony Express Museum & Stables
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/StJoMO-Pony-Express-Museum-and-Stables1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)All this week we are in St. Joseph, MO and today’s stop is perhaps the place for which the city…
Visit Saint Joseph, MO: A Parkway System
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/StJoMO-Parkway-System1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)Many cities have parks and parkways…but few can boast the system found here. It’s a historic jewel that residents here…
Visit Saint Joseph, Missouri: Civil War Fort
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/StJoMO-Civil-War1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.1KB)No battles were fought here…but that didn’t keep the fort from accidentally firing on its own residents. All of this…
Visit Saint Joseph, Missouri: The Remington Nature Center
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/StJoMo-Nature-Center1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)We’re back in St. Joesph, MO this year for a week of broadcasts brought to you by stjomo.com. We also…
Visit Saint Joseph, Missouri: Home of the Pony Express
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/StJoMO-Pony-Express.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 834.1KB)Next year is the 150th anniversary of the first riders and U.S. mail to leave St. Joseph, MO on the…
John Burns at Gettysburg
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Gettysburg-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)Imagine hitting the age to retire and then deciding to go volunteer for the army. That is what John Burns…
Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Gettysburg-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 952.7KB) He is perhaps the most famous name to fight at the battle of Gettysburg. His leadership on the battlefield…
Gettysburg Interviews
I hope you are enjoying our series of interviews from Gettysburg. I’ve spent quite a bit of time there recently and have really enjoyed the…
The Battle of Gettysburg
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/gettysburg-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 949.4KB)In the three days leading up to Independence Day in 1863, Americans waged the greatest of battles against one another…
Methodist Museum (Part 2)
http://americancountryside.com/audio/methodist-museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 1.8MB)If you do something the same way day after day, you might be said to have a method to your…
Methodist Museum (Part 1)
http://www.americancountryside.com/audio/methodist-museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 951.0KB)On the southeast coast of Georgia you can find the place were these brothers encountered one of their most trying…
Kermit Bell
http://www.americancountryside.com/audio/kermit-bell-6-26-09.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 955.7KB)Over 2 decades after he first entered the army, Kermit Bell was now on his way to Vietnam. Not only…
Smokey Mountain Railroad (Part 2)
http://www.americancountryside.com/audio/smokey-mountain-railroad-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 952.0KB)His name was Daddy Bryson…and he became one of the best known train engineers in the Smoky Mountains…not because of…
Smokey Mountain Railroad (Part 1)
http://www.americancountryside.com/audio/smokey-mountain-railroad-1.mp3Podcast: Download ()Visitors to Smoky Mountain National Park can wander miles of trails that meander through endless forests. It wasn’t that long ago that many…
Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum
http://www.americancountryside.com/audio/salt-pepper-museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 953.9KB)We sometimes bill our program as a slice of Americana…and today’s broadcast certainly fills that theme. We visit with a…
New Look For The Website
You’ve probably noticed that the website looks very different. That’s because we rebuilt it to improve functionality and your visiting experience. We’re still adding some…