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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/25Jul24-William-Preston-Hall-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some called him the Horse King of the World.  It was fitting title for a man who literally bought and…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/24Jul24-William-Preston-Hall-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)William Preston Hall lost both of his parents by the age of 15.  He worked hard to make a living…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/23Jul24-Bakken-Oil-Fields-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s oil all around Tioga, North Dakota.  For many years though, there just wasn’t a good way to reach it. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/22Jul24-Bakken-Oil-Fields-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most of us know of the oil fields in northwestern North Dakota.  However, we may not realize that the word…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/19Jul24-Tioga-North-Dakota.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Northeast of Williston, North Dakota you’ll find the town of Tioga.  There is a story behind that name and it…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/18Jul24-Purple-Martins-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)On the surface, it may seem like an odd pairing–a man who manufactured television antennas became the champion for a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/17Jul24-Purple-Martins-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s been called America’s most wanted bird. Not wanted in the sense that it has committed a crime, but rather…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/16Jul24-Little-America-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This place isn’t really a town, yet it has its own zip code.  Sometimes it’s a bit of a game…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/15Jul24-Little-America-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)One young sheepherder never forgot a frigid night he spent on the plains of Wyoming.  The miserable weather had him…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/12Jul24-First-Female-Office-Holder.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1869 Wyoming territory gave women the right to vote and to hold public office.  Just a few months after…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/11Jul24-South-Pass-City-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Oregon Trail crossed the Continental Divide at South Pass in Wyoming.  Just west of that pass you’ll find a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/10Jul24-South-Pass-City-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There had been rumors of gold in this area for years, but there always seemed to be a better place…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/09Jul24-Mountain-Men-of-the-West.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If I were to ask you to name some famous Mountain Men of the 1800s, there are usually some common…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/07/08Jul24-Mountain-Man-Rendezvous-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was called the Mountain Man Rendezvous and it was held for sixteen years, mostly in the present state of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/06/05Jul24-Mountain-Man-Rendezvous-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the early 1800s, the demand for beaver pelts for top hats was strong, but the world supply was short. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/06/04Jul24-John-Phillip-Sousa.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we look back to a story who’s music captures the spirit of the fourth of July…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/06/03Jul24-Wausau-Depot.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s a good chance you’ve never been to this railroad depot.  However, if you’re over forty years old, there’s a…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/06/01Jul24-The-Basque.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The high desert regions of Nevada, Oregon and Idaho you will often find a people called the Basque who are…