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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

A Trip to the Mastodon Park

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/12Jul19-Mastodon-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Imagine you unearthed the bones of an animal and had little idea of what you found. Now imagine making up…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

Rewards Beyond Tips

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/11Jul19-Arizona-Trail-Ride-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Devin loves his job, but he admits the pay isn’t always the best. Sometimes the rewards come in tips; not…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

A Horse Adventure

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/09Jul19-Young-Arizona-High-School.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Horses helped settle the west and for Devin’s family, it’s those horses that people still come to see in order…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

Young, Arizona High School

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/09Jul19-Young-Arizona-High-School.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The high school in Young, Arizona recently held it’s high school graduation.  It’s a ceremony just about every high school…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

A Different Egg for Breakfast

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/08Jul19-Arizona-Quail-Eggs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Maybe you enjoy some bacon and eggs for breakfast, but if you get your eggs from Elery Martin, well, your…

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Posted in American Countryside Pennsylvania

The Great Little Madison

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/05Jul19-James-Madison-Constitution-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)He was nicknamed the Great Little Madison by his peers…and great his work was to this nation.  We’ll head to…

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Posted in American Countryside Pennsylvania

James Madison Helps Save a Nation

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/04Jul19-James-Madison-Constitution-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The United States was just eleven years old, but it was a nation in crisis.  James Madison was the man…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Dave Roever

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/03Jul19-Dave-Roever-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)His name is Dave Roever, spelled R-o-e-v-e-r.  If you’ve not heard or seen his message, you need to watch him…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Looking In the Mirror

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/02Jul19-Dave-Roever-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)What do you see when you look in the mirror?  What Dave Roever saw was far from himself.  In fact,…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Hit by a Sniper’s Bullet

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/01Jul19-Dave-Roever-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Dave Roever was serving his country in Vietnam when a sniper’s bullet would change his life forever.  And in turn…

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Posted in American Countryside South Dakota

The Pink Castle

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/28Jun19-Pickler-Mansion-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s known as the “Pink Castle.”  You’d be surprised how many notable figures passed through these halls and the importance…

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Posted in American Countryside South Dakota

Putting Stakes in the Ground

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/27Jun19-Pickler-Mansion-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)They built their home so far from civilization, they put stakes in the ground so they could find their way…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

From Korea to Vietnam

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/26Jun19-Kermit-Bell.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Over 2 decades after he first entered the army, Kermit Bell was now on his way to Vietnam. Not only…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

The Sunset Volcano

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/25Jun19-Sunset-Crater.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Although it’s been about a millennium since this place rumbled to life…the mountain still speaks of the event that took…

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Posted in American Countryside Idaho

Three Island State Park

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/24Jun19-Three-Island-State-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The Oregon Trail had plenty of  dangers for the many emigrants who traversed its path…but here in southern Idaho lied…

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Posted in American Countryside Georgia

A Method to Your Work

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/21Jun19-Methodist-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you do something the same way day after day, you might be said to have a method to your…

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Posted in American Countryside Georgia

The Beginning of a Reformation Movement

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/20Jun19-Methodist-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)On the southeast coast of Georgia you can find the place were these brothers encountered one of their most trying…

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Posted in American Countryside Massachusetts

Not the Man for Joe’s Daughter

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/19Jun19-JFK-Birthplace-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There was no doubt in Fitz’s mind, Joe was not the man for his daughter.  This is the story of…

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Posted in American Countryside Massachusetts

A Special House on Beal Street

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/18Jun19-JFK-Birthplace-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Beals street looks to be just another street in suburban Boston.  But one house here is special…

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Posted in American Countryside Louisiana World War II

Just the Start of a Military Career

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/17Jun19-D-Day-Higgins-Boat-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Perhaps landing at D-Day would be the biggest event in one’s military career. But for Marvin Perrett, he was just…

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