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Not a Covered Bridge
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/06Oct17-Whitewater-Canal-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most people see this structure and think it’s just a covered bridge. That answer is partially correct. When you uncover…
The Power Source Before Electricity
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/05Oct17-Whitewater-Canal-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we flip a switch and use electricity to run most conveniences around our homes and businesses. However, before the…
Getting From One Point to Another
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/04Oct17-Whitewater-Canal-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the days before roads crisscrossed the nation, rivers served as one of the best ways to get from one…
Fire In the Form of Vegetables
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/03Oct17-Hatch-Chile.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you play with fire your liable to get burned. But on Jim Lidle’s farm, fire is what they grow. …
The Little Giant
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/02Oct17-Stepen-Douglas.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Abraham Lincoln led the country through the Civil War…but it was this man who defeated him for the senate just…
A Small Chapter of the Civil War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/09/29Sept17-Keokuk-Famous-People.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Whether you are a student of history or not, we each know something about the Civil War. However, the next…
A Rock Festival
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/09/28Sept17-Keokuk-Geodes-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A lot of cities will hold a festival centered around rock – but we’re not talking about rock music. For…
An Odd Rock With An Odd Name
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/09/27Sept17-Keokuk-Geodes-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The name of this rock is just as odd as it looks. Yet it is a rock that puts this…
All Kinds of Currencies
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/09/26Sept17-Dozens-of-Currencies.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)One, five, ten, twenty? Those are the denominations of bills we normally see when paying for items. Now imagine that…
Part of Chicago’s Famous Park Landscape
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/09/25Sept17-Lincoln-Parks-Lilly-Pool.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)This famous architect was hired to design one of Chicago’s famous park landscapes. No sooner did he design it than…
The King of Smokejumpers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/09/22Sept17-Smokejumper-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You might be a little crazy to jump out of an airplane and fight a fire. So what does it…
Smokejumpers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/09/21Sept17-Smokejumper-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When a forest fire flames up in a remote area, it may be Dan Ryan’s crew that is called in…
A Career of Jumping Out of Planes and Fighting Fires
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/09/20Sept17-Smokejumper-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a job that combines jumping out of airplanes and fighting fires. Now imagine you want to make it your…
The Biggest Race of Its Kind
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/09/19Sept17-Missouri-River-340-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a race that might last over three days and in that time, you may not sleep at all, or…
Days of Sprinting
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/09/18Sept17-Missouri-River-340-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Folks in Clinton, Missouri know there is quite a racer in their midst, a man who’s sprint was not measured…
Pastures Full of Danger
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/15Sep17-Wright-Brothers-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Wright Brothers made their first flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. However, it was the farmers around Dayton that…
Before First Flight
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/14Sep17-Wright-Brothers-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Although Kitty Hawk, North Carolina received most of the attention regarding the Wright Brothers first flight, it was this Ohio…
Clean Water and Good Health
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/13Sep17-French-Lick-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Clean water is an important part of maintaining good health. So it may seem odd to us today that thousands…
Pluto…But Not the Planet…or the Disney Character
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/12Sep17-French-Lick-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For most of us, the name Pluto is recognized as the name of a planet, or whatever they are calling…
A Town With An Unusual Name
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/08/11Sep17-French-Lick-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s one of the most unusual town names you’ll find in the nation. But when you dig a little deeper…
