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A Place Called Hildene
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/27Aug18-Hildene-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky and lived most of his adult years in Illinois. But where did future generations…
The Son of a President
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/24Aug18-Hildene-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Being the son of a U.S. president has its perks. However, it does provide a very high bar of achievement…
The Youngest Pilot of Her Kind
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/23Aug18-Arizona-Hot-Air-Balloon-Pilot-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)She’s the youngest pilot of her kind in the state of Arizona. If you think flying a plane is hard,…
Love and a Unique Hobby
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/22Aug18-Arizona-Hot-Air-Balloon-Pilot-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You must admit, today’s story about how one couple met and fell in love is certainly unique. Now add the…
A Wealth of History and Natural Beauty
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/21Aug18-Calument-Copper-Mines-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s a relatively new site in the National Park Service and for most of us, you’ll have to drive a…
Some of the Longest and Deepest Holes Dug In the Earth
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/20Aug18-Calument-Copper-Mines-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A trip here will reveal some of the longest and deepest holes dug into the earth. In fact, some of…
Tilling Beneath the Soil
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/17Aug18-Calument-Copper-Mines-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Carl can trace his lineage back several generations to family members who came here from Findland. They were farmers, but…
The Ontonagan Boulder
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/16Aug18-Calument-Copper-Mines-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s called the Ontonagan Boulder – a rock of pure copper that reports said was larger than a canoe. Native…
As Easy As Eating Pie
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/15Aug18-Calument-Copper-Mines-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s an old cliché that says if something is not hard to do, “It’s as easy as pie.” I guess…
Who Was Vice President of the Confederacy?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/14Aug18-AH-Stephens.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve heard of Jefferson Davis, president of the confederacy. But who was his vice president?
The Confederacy on the Move
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/13Aug18-Jefferson-Davis-Capture-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)As Union troops advanced on Richmond, Virginia, the president of the Confederacy was on the move. The story of the…
Trying to Stay a Step Ahead of the Union Troops
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/10Aug18-Jefferson-Davis-Capture-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was the president of the confederacy and in the Spring of 1865, he and members of his cabinet were…
The First Emancipation Proclomation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/09Aug18-Fort-Pulaski-2018.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was the first emancipation proclamation of the Civil War and it wasn’t issued by Lincoln. We’ll go to the…
The Wilbur Wright Birthplace
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/08Aug18-Wilbur-Wright-Birthplace-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)At the Wilbur Wright Birthplace in Indiana you’ll find a nearly exact replica of the first plane the famous brothers…
A Gift That Planted a Seed
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/07Aug18-Wilbur-Wright-Birthplace-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was not a big or fancy gift. In fact, most kids today would play with it for a few…
Punishment in the Closet that Changed Lives
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/08/06Aug18-Wilbur-Wright-Birthplace-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)As a kid, what was your punishment for not doing what you were told? These boys were sent to the…
The Story of a Cup of Coffee (and much more…)
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/07/03Aug18-Gettysburg-Christian-Commission-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today someone might drive through Starbucks to get a cup of coffee. During the Civil War…this group instead brought the…
The Organization That Grew to the YMCA
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/07/02Aug18-Gettysburg-Christian-Commission-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When a soldier heads to battle, there are many organizations that volunteer their services to help he or she and…
The Adamantine Guard
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/07/01Aug18-Adamantine-Guard.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It was called the Adamantine Guard…a military unit formed in one Pennsylvania County with over a century of service to…
Inside the Dickson Mounds
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/07/31Jul18-Dixon-Mounds-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Long before there were cities like New York and Chicago…these giant cities were scattered across the nation. Today we try…
