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Coffee That Helps Fill a Need
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/19Jun17-Eleos-Coffee-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A lot of people enjoy a good cup of coffee every morning, but here it was hard to find such…
An Unbelievable Story
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/16Jun17-Missouri-State-Prison-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s a story that will probably make you mad, make you laugh and shake your head AND a story you’ll…
Prison Warden: Balancing Act
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/15Jun17-Missouri-State-Prison-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a job that can be a real balancing act. A place where you have to manage the best and…
The Path of a Heavyweight Champion
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/14Jun17-Missouri-State-Prison-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When this man became heavy weight champion of the world, one of the first men he thanked was a prison…
The Largest Prison in the Nation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/13Jun17-Missouri-State-Prison-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was once the largest prison in the nation and quite possibly the world. A place housing criminals from a…
Three Decades in a Supermax Prison
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/12Jun17-Missouri-State-Prison-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This week we focus on a man who spent over three decades of his life in a SuperMax state prison…
Brice’s Crossroads
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/09Jun17-Brices-Crossroads-Tupelo.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)His cavalrymen fought like none other…and their maneuvers are still the topic of military studies today. That has many history buffs…
The Patriotic Girl
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/08Jun17-Dublin-Bottling-Works-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)One would think the title of “Patriotic Girl” would be a good thing. However, the general public was appalled by…
A Special Cash Register
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/07Jun17-Dublin-Bottling-Works-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There is a cash register in Dublin, Texas that many might simply pass off as a unique antique. However, when…
Shoot Me A Waco!
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/06Jun17-Dublin-Bottling-Works-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If someone said, “Shot me a Waco” what would they want from you? It may sound like an odd request…
A Role of Feeding Americans
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/05Jun17-Ohio-Food-Bank-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you were dropped inside this building and had no idea what it was, it might take you awhile to…
An Old Mattress Warehouse–Repurposed
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/02Jun17-Ohio-Food-Bank-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What can you do with an old mattress warehouse? Use it to feed thousands of people in twenty counties. That’s…
Old Artifacts from Early Settlers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/01Jun17-Pilgrim-Burials-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)How old is old? Well, it may depend on who or what you are talking about, but when it comes…
Studying Graves from Over 400 Years Ago
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/31May17-Pilgrim-Burials-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They are some of the oldest graves of Europeans settlers you can find in this nation. It’s Steven’s job to…
The Unique Village in the City
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/30May17-Arlington-Cemetery-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It was a village inside Arlington National Cemetery…a place where people found refuge during the Civil War. This is the…
The Historic Spot at Arlington National Cemetery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/29May17-Arlington-Cemetery-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Although most visitors to Arlington National Cemetery simply see the Tomb of the Unknowns and perhaps the JFK grave site…there…
From Summer Job to Over 30 Year Career
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/26May17-Arlington-Cemetery-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Tom thought he was coming here simply to fill a summer job. After more than 30 years later, he says…
Three Presidents in One Place
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/25May17-Greenup-Illinois-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s hard to imagine a U.S. president taking time to check into a hotel, sign their name to the registration…
Linking Two Ends of the Nation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/24May17-Greenup-Illinois-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today interstate highways provide the roads for multistate trips, but when this country was founded, any road at all was…
The City of Porches
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/23May17-Greenup-Illinois-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some say this small Midwestern town has the look of New Orleans’ French Quarter. When you drive down Main Street…