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Madeline Island
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/10Oct22-Apostle-Islands-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)At the northern tip of the state of Wisconsin you’ll find the Apostle Islands. The scenic spot includes several islands…
The Birch Bark Canoe
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/07Oct22-Grand-Portage-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today you can find many canoes made from aluminum or fiberglass, but you don’t see many constructed of Birch bark. …
Too Far To Pay Taxes?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/06Oct22-Grand-Portage-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Normally companies who operate illegally do so by carefully hiding their activities. This company made no such move to operate…
The 16-Week Paddle – To Where?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/05Oct22-Grand-Portage-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine paddling a canoe for eight weeks, reaching your destination, and then turning around and paddling eight weeks back home. …
The Most Important Commodity?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/04Oct22-Grand-Portage-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What is the most important commodity in the world? There are a variety of answers you might get to that…
Standin’ on a Corner
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/03Oct22-Winslow-Arizona.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This song hit number 12 on the billboard charts 50 years ago, and it’s popularity seems to keep growing. In…
The Man Who Helped Us Find Our Way
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/30Sep22-Louisiana-Missouri-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)So I’ll share a little story about this show. I’ve been doing it 26 years and I travel to all…
Louisiana, Missouri History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/29Sep22-Louisiana-Missouri-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some towns take the name of a state. That is the case of Louisiana, Missouri. It is an early Mississippi…
The Unlikely Spy
Spies are supposed to work in secret. After all, it’s usually automatic death or imprisonment if you’re caught. But that was not the case for…
A Career Launched Amid the Titanic Tragedy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/27Sep22-Louisiana-Missouri-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We’ve all heard of the Titanic, and many of us know the name Carpathia, a nearby ship that helped rescue…
Taking Advantage of the Mountain Time Zone
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/26Sep22-Fort-Pierre-Karl-Fisher-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For communities near a time zone, it can sometimes be confusing which time one is using when hosting an event. …
Historic Ties to Ft. Pierre, South Dakota
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/23Sep22-Ft-Pierre-Karl-Fisher-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Take a walk around the small historic district in Ft. Pierre, SD and you’ll find some buildings with quite a…
Stories of Survival
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/22Sep22-Lincoln-Library-Holocaust.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is perhaps only fitting that right now in Springfield, IL you’ll find an exhibit titled “Stories of Survival” at…
Its’ the Largest Island, in the Largest Lake, on the Largest island, in the Largest Lake
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/21Sep22-Isle-Royal-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Concentrate on this piece of geographical trivia. It’s the largest island, in the largest lake, on the largest island, in…
Isle Royale
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/20Sep22-Isle-Royal-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It takes a boat or seaplane to get to this national park. Those who make the journey are rewarded with…
Get Your Picture Taken Here
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/19Sep22-American-Gothic-House-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just about every day there are people driving to this small Iowa town to get their picture taken. It’s not…
A Picture of a Sister and Dentist
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/16Sep22-American-Gothic-House-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If an artist painted a picture of his sister and his dentist, you’d probably doubt it would be anything special. …
The Upper Midwest’s Destination for Grain
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/15Sep22-Duluth-Harbor-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most farmers think of New Orleans as being a major grain handling port – and rightly so. However, for those…
One of the Busiest Ports in North America
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/14Sep22-Duluth-Harbor-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s one the largest and busiest ports in North America. That’s saying something when you consider ships can only reach…
Nathan Boone
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/09/13Sep22-Nathan-Boone-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before there was a U.S. cavalry, this man was noted to be the top mounted military man in the nation. …
