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Lincoln on the Other Side of the Debate
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/07Nov22-Lincoln-Log-Cabin.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Abraham Lincoln is known as the great emancipator, a champion of ending slavery in the United States. However, in the…
Bright Paint for an Exclusive Club
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/04Nov22-Nanibajou-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Pick a paint color or new carpet for your home and it will probably fade over time. However, the paint…
Naniboujou Lodge
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/03Nov22-Nanibajou-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey were members of this exclusive club, yet they may have never set foot here. It’s…
Cattle Ranching President
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/02Nov22-Theodore-Roosevelt-National-Park-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Although his time here in North Dakota was not long if measured in numbers of days, the quality of that…
From the Badlands to the White House
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/01Nov22-Theodore-Roosevelt-National-Park-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)To date, no U.S. president has been born in North Dakota…but this commander-in-chief’s experiences there may be the reason he…
The Halloween Capital of the World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/31Oct22-Anoka-Minnesota-Halloween-Parade-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The town of Anoka, Minnesota can make quite a claim. That title traces its history to a twelve year old…
Taming the Outhouse Tippers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/28Oct22-Anoka-Minnesota-Halloween-Parade-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Anoka, Minnesota had a problem. Every Halloween the local kids were pulling all kinds of pranks – tipping outhouses, turning…
Arizona Treasure Hunt
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/27Oct22-Jim-Greys-Petrified-Wood-Shop.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jim says he’s in the treasure hunting business. He’s looking for items that are worth tens of thousands of dollars…
The Battle of Island Mound
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/26Oct22-Island-Mound-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may have never heard of the Battle of Island Mound. However, what occurred there in the fall of 1862…
Former Slaves and the Union Army
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/25Oct22-Island-Mound-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Where did the first former slaves take up arms and fight with the Union army? You may be surprised to…
In the Crosshairs of the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/24Oct22-Island-Mound-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the years leading up to the Civil War, counties adjacent to the Missouri-Kansas border saw bloodshed as pro and…
The Marfa Lights
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/21Oct22-Marfa-Texas-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s something odd taking place in the countryside east of Marfa, Texas. It’s been going on for over a century…
Presidio County, Texas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/20Oct22-Marfa-Texas-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The courthouse in Presidio County, Texas is a picturesque and historic place to visit. It’s small dome affords visitors views…
Remoteness is Goodness
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/19Oct22-Marfa-Texas-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This town in southwest Texas is one of the most remote in the U.S. Some might think that would make…
Hi Jolly
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/18Oct22-Bullhead-City-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Quartzite, Arizona you can find the grave of Hi Jolly. It’s the Americanized name of a man responsible for…
The Army’s Camel Caravan
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/17Oct22-Bullhead-City-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)How do you move people and supplies across a desert? Well, the answer may depend on what desert you are…
Steamboats in the Desert
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/14Oct22-Bullhead-City-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When you picture steamboats, we may have images of stately paddle wheeled ships moving up and down the Mississippi River. …
In Search of Good Fences
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/13Oct22-Bullhead-City-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Every rancher knows they need good fences to keep the herd from running wild on the neighbor’s property. In the…
School Lunches Take the Ferry
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/12Oct22-Apostle-Islands-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)School lunches can be an important part of some kids’ days. In this district, those meals are so important, they…
Taking the Ice Road
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/11Oct22-Apostle-Islands-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some places are hard to reach. You might need a car, boat or plane to get there. Depending on the…
