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The First Library of Its Kind In The State
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/26Feb18-Grant-City-Library.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Many of us use a library, not only for books, but for many other resources as well. But in this…
Development in Missouri’s Smallest County
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/23Feb18-Grant-City-Dollar-General-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When you live in Missouri’s smallest county, both in land area and population, you sometimes need to be resourceful in…
Overnight A U.S. Naval Ship
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/22Feb18-Turner-Joy-Night-Tour.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You can visit a lot of retired Naval ships in the U.S. But here you can get a very rare…
The Second Governor of Arkansas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/21Feb18-Fayetteville-Historical-Society-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)He was the second governor of Arkansas – a U.S. Senator and a man who led troops in battle. However…
A Man Who Voted to Stay With the Union
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/20Feb18-Fayetteville-Historical-Society-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)During the Civil War, some states along the border of north and south had two state governments, one aligned with…
One of the Oldest Homes in Fayetteville
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/19Feb18-Fayetteville-Historical-Society-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It’s one of the oldest homes in Fayetteville, Arkansas. When you know the list of occupants, you really get a…
Willa Cather’s Hometown
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/16Feb18-Willa-Cather-Red-Cloud-Nebraska-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This place owes much of it’s identity to someone who passed away in 1947. As the years passed, holding on…
Important Stories To This Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/15Feb18-Willa-Cather-Red-Cloud-Nebraska-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you’ve never heard of Willa Cather. If not, you should. She’s a Pulitzer Prize winning author who penned many…
The Right Type of Syrup
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/14Feb18-Todd-Syrup-Farm-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Lots of people enjoy pure maple syrup. But if you ask this farmer what he thinks of it, well you’ll…
A Farm With Its Own Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/13Feb18-Todd-Syrup-Farm-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Joe’s farm is so old he has his own museum. He’ll show it to you if you come to visit. …
A Farm With A Long Lineage
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/12Feb18-Todd-Syrup-Farm-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In some parts of the country having a farm that is over a century old is quite an accomplishment. For…
All Ears On A Small Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/09Feb18-Fulton-Churchill-Iron-Curtain-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Fulton, Missouri is today a town of about 10,000 people. When compared to the cities of the world it is…
A Big Name With a Big Speech
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/08Feb18-Fulton-Churchill-Iron-Curtain-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Many colleges invite dignitaries to their campus to give a lecture. But this was no ordinary speaker and this was…
A Symbol of Determination in the Face of Crisis
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/07Feb18-Fulton-Churchill-Iron-Curtain-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)He was a symbol of determination in the face of crisis – a man who led one of the great…
An Inspiration for Small Town Basketball Teams
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/06Feb18-Hoosiers-Hickory-Indiana-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Once upon a time, I started for my high school basketball team in the smallest class of schools at King…
A Town You May Know As Hickory
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/02/05Feb18-Hoosiers-Hickory-Indiana-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)There’s a chance you’ve heard of Milan, Indiana, but many of you have not. Or maybe you did but you…
A Determined Person in Waynesville, Missouri
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/01/02Feb18-Old-Pulaski-County-Stagecoach-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes all it takes is one determined person. That was the case in Waynesville, MO. If not for one such…
The Old Stagecoach Stop
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/01/01Feb18-Old-Pulaski-County-Stagecoach-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s simply known as the “Old Stagecoach Stop.” That title gives you an idea of what the building might have…
A Museum That Curates the Old
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/01/31Jan18-Calico-Rock-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)You think of a museum as a place that preserves the old. Here, the museum curates the old, but it’s…
Filling Up the Empty Storefronts
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/01/30Jan18-Calico-Rock-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Storefronts that were once full, were empty. What could be done? How could a small town of 1000 turn it…
