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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

A Story With World-Wide Fame

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/29Oct24-Spook-Light-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I don’t care for stories about evil and gruesomeness at Halloween, yet a spooky tale may be in order.  For…

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Posted in American Revolution Colorado

Fort Morgan, Colorado

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/28Oct24-Fort-Morgan-Colorado.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This area of northeastern Colorado has long been an important place for farming.  The way it developed was a bit…

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Posted in American Countryside Colorado

The Fort Morgan, Colorado Museum

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/25Oct24-Fort-Morgan-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The initial route of the Oregon Trail followed the North Platte River, but over time, some decided to follow the…

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Posted in American Countryside Colorado

The Julesburg, Colorado Dragstrip

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/24Oct24-Julesburg-Dragstrip.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Julesburg, Colorado you’ll find a small airstrip that has been in use for many decades.  But this is much…

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Posted in American Countryside Colorado

Julesburg, Colorado

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/23Oct24-Julesburg-Colorado-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of our towns have a namesake and that is the case for Julesburg, Colorado.  But, the “Jules” in Julesburg…

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Posted in American Countryside Colorado

An Important Point on Many Westward Trails

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/22Oct24-Julesburg-Colorado-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The town of Julesburg, Colorado has been an important point on many trails leading west.  But it’s history is one…

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Posted in American Countryside Wisconsin

Acquiring the Best of the Best

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/21Oct24-Fromm-Brothers-Fus-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the woods of northern Wisconsin there is a lodge that housed some of the leading businessman of the world. …

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Posted in American Countryside Virginia

George Washington and a Cherry Tree

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/17Oct24-George-Washington-Cherry-Tree.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes a person gains so much fame…they become bigger than life…so is that the case with George Washington and a…

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Posted in American Countryside Wyoming

The Hawaiian World Champion Cowboy

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/16Oct24-Hawaiian-World-Champion-Cowboy.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The accomplishment was so spectacular it is still remembered over a century later.  A cowboy journeyed thousands of miles to…

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Posted in American Countryside Wyoming

Riding 8 Seconds

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/15Oct24-Lane-Frost.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)World class sprinters can complete the 100 meters in under 10 seconds.  In this sport, you are world class at…

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Posted in American Countryside Wyoming

The Daddy of Them All

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/14Oct24-Cheyenne-Frontier-Days-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s billed as the “Daddy of Them All” and that it is – a rodeo so big and so grand…

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Posted in American Countryside Wyoming

Enticing People to Take a Ride

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/11Oct24-Cheyenne-Frontier-Days-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The railroad was looking for ways to entice people to ride the rails for one day excursions to see unique…

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Posted in American Countryside Tennessee

Hatch Show Prints

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/10Oct24-Hatch-Show-Print-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Inside the Country Music Hall of Fame you’ll find a shop with roots that go all the way back to…

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Posted in American Countryside Tennessee

What Nashville Was Originally Known For

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/09Oct24-Hatch-Show-Print-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we think of Nashville as a city for country music.  Back in the late 1800s, there was music here,…

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Posted in American Countryside Wisconsin

Developing a Silver Fox

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/18Oct24-Fromm-Brothers-Fus-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Fromm Brothers might be said to have been as “sly as a fox.”  That’s because their business plan led…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

Matchstick Marvels

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/08Oct24-Matchstick-Marvels-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I had long wanted to go see what so many people had told me about.  A small gallery of sorts…

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Posted in American Countryside Iowa

A Unique Hobby

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/10/07Oct24-Matchstick-Marvels-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A lot of folks have hobbies.  Most of those pastimes are purely for one’s own enjoyment, but occasionally, some of…

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Posted in American Countryside Delaware

The Lewes, Delaware Sideshow

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/04Oct24-Lewes-Sideshow.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many a circus has it’s main acts and then has a sideshow to entice people to pay to see unusual…

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Posted in American Countryside Delaware

A Great Treasure Hunt

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/03Oct24-Delawares-Sunken-Treasure-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There was a great treasure hunt taking place off the shore of Lewes, Delaware.  The real treasure though was perhaps…

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Posted in American Countryside Delaware

Delaware’s Sunken Treasure

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/09/02Oct24-Delawares-Sunken-Treasure-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When a British ship sank off the coast of Delaware in the late 1700s, some of the crew was lost…

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