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Grabbing the Horse By the Tail
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/02Apr20-Pony-Express-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you were witnessing a historic event, you might try to take a picture, or grab a memento to remember…
The Express Mail of the Day
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/01Apr20-Pony-Express-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)160 years ago, this was express mail. It was much slower and much more expensive that what we have today,…
Where Rails Came to an End
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/31Mar20-Pony-Express-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before railroads had tracks that traversed the entire nation, there was a place the rail lines came to an end. …
Inside The Thing
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/30Mar20-Spy-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s often referred to as simply, “The Thing.” That “thing” was a piece of equipment used to acquire secrets from…
Eating An Insect
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/27Mar20-Nebraska-Mealworm-Farm-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I was recently asked to eat an insect as part of these broadcasts. I was probably like most people and…
More Livestock Than the Neighbors
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/26Mar20-Nebraska-Mealworm-Farm-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Cheryl Powers may just have the more livestock on her operation than any other livestock owner in the state of…
An Insect That Launched a Career
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/25Mar20-Nebraska-Mealworm-Farm-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people don’t like bugs. They might imagine they can creep and crawl and scare you when you least expect…
A Famous Route West
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/24Mar20-Erie-Canal.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a famous route that required a mule to pull you for fifteen miles. This is one of the important…
A Vast Trading Network
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/23Mar20-Fort-Union.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was the site of a vast trading network on the northern plains. Its history spanned forty years and today,…
Route 66 State Park
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/20Mar20-Times-Beach-Missouri-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just outside of St. Louis you can find Route 66 state park. It’s a spot next to the Meramec River…
A Vanishing Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/19Mar20-Times-Beach-Missouri-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Occasionally on this show we take a look back at stories from out nearly 25 year history. A recent visit…
A Town That Has Vanished from the Map
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/18Mar20-Times-Beach-Missouri-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s been nearly 40 years since this town of over 1000 people suddenly vanished from maps. Today we dig into…
Roy and Lilly
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/17Mar20-Judge-Roy-Bean-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There was no doubt Roy was in love with Lilly. He did everything he could to catch her attention. He…
A Bar and a Courtroom
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/16Mar20-Judge-Roy-Bean-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You won’t find many buildings in Langtry, Texas, so perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that two establishments needed to…
Clever Prizefighting Promotion
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/13Mar20-Judge-Roy-Bean-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Over a century ago, boxing was outlawed in most states and territories. Those who wanted to promote prizefighting, as it…
A Judge Who Wasn’t a Lawyer
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/12Mar20-Judge-Roy-Bean-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most lawyers must put in long hours of school, then spend years working cases in court, before they can ever…
Seeing a Story
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/11Mar20-Kona-Joe-Coffee-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes people not only want to hear a story, they’d like to see it. That’s the case here – for…
Harvesting By Hand
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/10Mar20-Kona-Joe-Coffee-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)On this farm the harvest is still done by hand. There is automation that may be used on some farms,…
The One State That Grows Coffee
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/09Mar20-Kona-Joe-Coffee-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s only one state in the U.S. that can grow coffee commercially. In a moment I’ll take you to the…
A Difficult Nut to Crack
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/06Mar20-Hawaii-Macadamia-Nuts-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When someone runs into a difficult challenge they may say, “it’s a difficult nut to crack.” Today I’ll take you…
