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Disaster Lurking in the Darkness
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/11/13Nov18-Kate-Shelley-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)There was a disaster lurking in the darkness. A rail bridge had washed out and a passenger train would soon…
Jumping Off the Train
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/11/12Nov18-Cherokee-Strip-Land-Rush-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Imagine a train chugging south out of Kansas with people jumping from the cars all along its route. This is…
The Cherokee Strip
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/11/09Nov18-Cherokee-Strip-Land-Rush-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s called the Cherokee Strip…a stretch of land in north central Oklahoma originally given to the Cherokee and later opened…
The Trio Who Saved the Nation and a President
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/11/08Nov18-Benedict-Arnold-6.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of John Paulding, Isaac Van Wart or David Williams. Yet, each has a…
The Simple Rules of Being a Spy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/11/07Nov18-Benedict-Arnold-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)If you’re going to be a spy, it’s best to not be carrying incriminating evidence. So when this man took…
Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/11/06Nov18-Benedict-Arnold-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)If you are a soldier in battle, you usually don’t want to be trapped behind enemy lines. Yet that is…
Known By the Friends Kept
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/11/05Nov18-Benedict-Arnold-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)There is a cliché that says, “We are known by the friends we keep.” One of the friends of this…
Heroes, Love, and Espionage
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/02Nov18-Benedict-Arnold-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s a story that involves war heroes, love and espionage. It may sound like a novel, but it was real…
An American War Hero
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/01Nov18-Benedict-Arnold-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Today I’ll introduce you to an American war hero – a man who had a great hand in this country’s…
A Story Fitting for Halloween
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/31Oct18-Sleepy-Hollow-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s a story fitting of Halloween. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the headless horseman. Today we go to the…
Sleepy Hollow
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/30Oct18-Sleepy-Hollow-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Mention the name Sleepy Hollow and our minds quickly jump to tales of a headless horseman. It’s quite a tale…
Children Playing In Graveyards
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/29Oct18-Sleepy-Hollow-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)You don’t think of a graveyard as a place where children would play. But here that was the case, and…
Fort Fredrica
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/26Oct18-Fort-Fredrica.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)When European nations sailed to America, each began to lay claim to new lands. Many built forts to protect their…
Representing Some of the Biggest Stars on the Screen
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/25Oct18-Dana-Hee-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Their names are often not known to the world, however the people they represent are some of the biggest stars…
A Gold Medal Winner
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/24Oct18-Dana-Hee-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)She is a gold medal winner – and that’s quite an accomplishment no matter the sport. However, while you may…
A Museum of Slave History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/23Oct18-Freedom-House-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It is called the Freedom House. This free museum is housed in what used to be the headquarters of one…
The Freedom House Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/22Oct18-Freedom-House-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)I always enjoy the chance to explore Alexandria, Virginia. It’s a historic city and I recently happened upon a museum…
A Premiere Zoo in Rural America
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/19Oct18-Wahpeton-North-Dakota-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)We’ve probably all been to the zoo sometime in our lives. It usually requires a drive to a large city…
A Big Fish Story
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/18Oct18-Wahpeton-North-Dakota-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)We’ve all heard of fish stories – maybe you’ve even told one. But today I will tell you the biggest…
The Historic Chicago Fire
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/10/17Oct18-Chicago-Fire-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Bells rang the warning. Prison cells were opened to allow inmates to save their own lives ahead of the coming…
