He was known as the Wheat King, a title bestowed on a farmer who built an empire growing the crop in California.  While the farm and the mansion are now gone, you can still find traces of the man who was one of the largest farmers of his day...

He was known as the Wheat King, a title bestowed on a farmer who built an empire growing the crop in California.&nbsp; While the farm and the mansion are now gone, you can still find traces of the man who was one of the largest farmers of his day...

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American Countryside

Telling the stories behind the people, places and events from across the American countryside.

Telling the stories behind the people, places and events from across the American countryside.

American Countryside - An Amazing Journey

Andrew McCrea travels coast-to-coast to meet people you may have never heard of, with a story you'll never forget.  Hear from the people and places that have played important parts of our past and present.

Andrew McCrea travels coast-to-coast to meet people you may have never heard of, with a story you'll never forget.&nbsp; Hear from the people and places that have played important parts of our past and present.

The Wheat King

You can still find some old deeds that use a large tree to mark a property boundary.  Such was the case for Brent Goodin’s farm.  But their Boundary Oak is much more that simply a marker – it’s their business...

You can still find some old deeds that use a large tree to mark a property boundary.&nbsp; Such was the case for Brent Goodin&rsquo;s farm.&nbsp; But their Boundary Oak is much more that simply a marker &ndash; it&rsquo;s their business...

A Large Tree To Mark a Property Boundry

Thomas Jefferson called this man, “As pure a son of liberty as I have ever known.”  So who was the man who garnered such praise?  I’ll reveal the name of an American hero most people don’t know...

Thomas Jefferson called this man, &ldquo;As pure a son of liberty as I have ever known.&rdquo;&nbsp; So who was the man who garnered such praise?&nbsp; I&rsquo;ll reveal the name of an American hero most people don&rsquo;t know...

An American Hero Most People Don't Know

`Near the Philadelphia sites that Americans recognize as the birthplace of the country, there is a small memorial to a man most do not know.  However, it’s this man, born an ocean away, that perhaps turned the tide of the very revolution that formed a new nation...

`Near the Philadelphia sites that Americans recognize as the birthplace of the country, there is a small memorial to a man most do not know.&nbsp; However, it&rsquo;s this man, born an ocean away, that perhaps turned the tide of the very revolution that formed a new nation...

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