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Something Glittering After a Rain
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/11Aug17-Iron-Mine-Tour-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There was something glittering on the ground after a big rain. It wasn’t gold, but it was certainly interesting. So…
Digging An Ore Mine To Drum Up Business
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/10Aug17-Iron-Mine-Tour-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Many a business has thought of unique ideas to drum up new customers. So what did one group of hotel…
The First Snow Skiing Club
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/09Aug17-Ishpeming-Ski-Jump-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It would be hard to identify the very person that ever began snow skiing. The concept has been around for…
Flying…With a Little Bravery Mixed In
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/08Aug17-Ishpeming-Ski-Jump-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)For centuries humans have desired to zoom into the air like birds. But how do you get that feeling when…
Kids Flying Above the Ground
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/07Aug17-Ishpeming-Ski-Jump-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many people say that kids need to be more active. And, if you want a kid to excel in sports…
A Different Purpose for the Doghouse
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/04Aug17-Ishpeming-Ski-Jump-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Kids can sometimes come up with fantastic and perhaps, unwise stunts to pass their time around home. Such was the…
A Perfect Place for Snow Sports
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/03Aug17-Ishpeming-Ski-Jump-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Depending on where you live in the nation, certain sports may be more popular than others. When you live in…
Moving a Fort to a Better Location
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/02Aug17-Mackinaw-Fort-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Forts are often built to defend a military position. But when your fort is not in the best location for…
An Innocent Game of Lacrosse
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/01Aug17-Mackinaw-Fort-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It seemed like an innocent game of lacrosse. A group of men invited locals to come watch what was billed…
A Strategic Fort Location
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/31Jul17-Mackinaw-Fort-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today it is a well-known summer vacation spot. Turn back the clock about three centuries and people would have known…
A Grand Mansion For the Family
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/28Jul17-Hunter-Dawson-Home.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)In the days just ahead of the Civil War, one prominent young lady in New Madrid, Missouri built a grand…
The Wishbone Studios
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/27Jul17-Wishbone-Studios-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Directly across the street from the airport in Muscle Shoals, Alabama you’ll find a simple square building with some cabins…
One of Those Names Behind the Big Names
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/26Jul17-Wishbone-Studios-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)His name is Billy Lawson…and if the name sounds familiar…well, you’ve certainly heard his work. He’s one of those names…
Meeting Someone Famous
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/25Jul17-George-Lair-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Did you ever meet someone famous? Did you immediately recognize them, or did someone have to nudge you and point…
Just Right For the Radio
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/24Jul17-George-Lair-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We all listen to music, but we often don’t give much thought to where that music was recorded and the…
A Big Deal in the Music World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/21Jul17-George-Lair-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)You’ve perhaps heard of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, but maybe you don’t know just how big a deal this place is…
A Who’s Who Kind of Cemetery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/20Jul17-Coon-Dog-Cemetery-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Not just anyone gets to buried at Arlington National Cemetery. The same holds true for this little cemetery down some…
A Special Cemetery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/19Jul17-Coon-Dog-Cemetery-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It looks like many cemeteries in the U.S. There are grave markers and flowers surrounding by many trees. But this…
The City That Was Last
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/18Jul17-Cle-Elum-Washington-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This is a city that was last. And in this case, being last isn’t all that bad, for what came…
The Grandest of Homes in the Most Remote of Towns
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/07/17Jul17-Cle-Elum-Washington-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was the grandest of homes in one of the most remote towns in America. But there’s a good reason…
