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The Mighty Power Wagon
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/03/15Mar23-Midwest-Dream-Car-Collection-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you have work to do in the field, you probably get a tractor to pull an implement to get…
Driving Your Car in the Lake…on Purpose
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/03/14Mar23-Midwest-Dream-Car-Collection-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most of us have a car. Some of us have a boat. What if wanted both but only had the…
Will the Delorean Hit 88 MPH?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/03/13Mar23-Midwest-Dream-Car-Collection-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you’ve ever seen one of the movies in the Back to the Future series, you know that Michael J…
The “Accidental” Car Collection
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/03/10Mar23-Midwest-Dream-Car-Collection-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Did you ever set out to purchase a car and wind up buying several by accident? I know, that’s probably…
Monroe, Michigan’s Tragic Tie to the Little Bighorn
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/03/09Mar23-Monroe-Michigan-Custer-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When news of the defeat at the Little Bighorn reached Monroe, Michigan, this town had an extra reason to morn. …
The Story of a Very Famous Table
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/03/08Mar23-Monroe-Michigan-Custer-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are several portraits that show the surrender of General Lee to General Grant at Appomattox. Those scenes usually display…
Custer’s Hometown
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/03/07Mar23-Monroe-Michigan-Custer-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We know him for the battle at the Little Bighorn. But to know just that one fact is to miss…
Birthplace of Sears
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/06Mar23-Sears-Birthplace-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)At one time, Sears was the largest retailer in the world. Today there are just a handful of stores that…
The Unwanted Watches That Built a Billion Dollar Company
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/03Mar23-Sears-Birthplace-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There was a problem at the rail depot in North Branch, Minnesota. A box of watches had arrived, but the…
From Telegraph Operator to…?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/02Mar23-Sears-Birthplace-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Richard was born in Minnesota. His father died while he was a boy and he got a job as a…
Menu Headliner
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/01Mar23-Wahoo-Friends-Cafe-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some eating establishments are known for a specific item on the menu. That’s the case for this spot near Omaha,…
Good Friends Café
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/28Feb23-Wahoo-Friends-Cafe-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Over time the use of buildings can change. That’s the case in downtown Wahoo, Nebraska. The old co-op offices left…
Special Food for Unique Tastes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/27Feb23-Wahoo-Locker-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We may think of specific regions of the world offering up dishes that you can only find if you make…
Wahoo Weiner
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/24Feb23-Wahoo-Locker-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve heard of Colonel Sanders special chicken recipe. In fact, some of our favorite foods and drinks have secret recipes…
Wahoo Locker
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/23Feb23-Wahoo-Locker-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Decades ago just about every town in farm country had a locker plant. Today those numbers have decreased, but demand…
Record Setter Jackie Cochran
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/22Feb23-Indio-California-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most people have heard of Chuck Yeager, but most have not heard of his good friend Jackie…a pilot who set…
The Depot in the Middle of Nowhere
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/21Feb23-Indio-California-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the rails came through this stretch of dry wilderness, the only people living here were the Cahuilla Indians. This…
Letters to the Stars
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/20Feb23-Patsy-Cline-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Fans often love to interact with the stars. But those stars are often too busy to communicate with any one…
Patsy Cline
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/17Feb23-Patsy-Cline-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)She was just 30 when she died in a plan crash in 1963, but her music had already made her…
Founding the Johnny Cash Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/02/16Feb23-Johnny-Cash-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve probably not heard of a museum owner named Bill Miller. However, Bill was a long time friend of a…
