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A Distinction in Kansas
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0616-Mount-Sunflower-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Harold family has farmed and ranched along the Kansas-Colorado border for over a century. Their homestead may appear to…
The Ride of Jack Jouett
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0615-Jack-Juett-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You no doubt have heard of Paul Revere. However, you’ve probably not heard of Jack Jouett. When you hear the…
Jefferson’s Escape from Certain Capture
It was June of 1881 and British troops were advancing on the home of future president Thomas Jefferson – in fact, they were under a…
Helping the Founding Fathers In the Revolution
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0611-Jack-Juett-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s a good chance you’ve not heard of Jack Jouett, yet he may have been the man who saved some…
The Story Behind the Tsukamoto School
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0610-Mariel-Tsukomoto-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Tsukamoto school in Sacramento is a place of triumph. Some may not know the story behind the name, but…
A Humorous Moment Wrapped Inside Regrettable History
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0609-Mariel-Tsukomoto-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Marielle arrived in Arkansas, she found her new home must have been constructed for a group of second graders. …
Stepping In To Make Things Right
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0608-Mariel-Tsukomoto-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Bob Fletcher is a hero to many around Sacramento. When others were wronged, he stepped in to make things right…
The Centerpiece of Tourism
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0605-Valdosta-Georgia-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes we don’t realize the historic value of what is around us until it is too late. That was partially…
Defending Your Home With a Shotgun
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0604-Valdosta-Georgia-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a town relatively new in the south, and a place where one woman defended her historic home by standing…
A Delay Going To Space
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0603-Deke-Slayton-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When this astronaut was grounded due to health concerns, he used an alias to get reassessed at a world-renowned hospital. …
From Farm Boy to Astronaut
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0602-Deke-Slayton-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts, but he never got to go into space in that program. …
The Cycling Capital of America
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0601-Sparta-Wisconsin-Bicycle-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s known as the cycling capital of America. Its location may surprise you, but when you learn the reason why…
A World War II Hospital
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0529-World-War-II-Hospital.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)As the United States began sending thousands of troops to Europe and the Pacific during World War II, there were…
The Discovery of Gold in Auburn
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0528-Auburn-Gold-Discovery-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A gold rush can attract people from all walks of life and all points on the globe. That was the…
A Story of Another Gold Community
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0527-Auburn-Gold-Discovery-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of us have heard about the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill that set about the 49’s rush in…
The Battle of Verdin
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0526-Battle-of-Verdin-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Strikes have been a part of the push and pull between labor and management for as long as one can…
The Arlington Ladies
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0525-Arlington-Ladies.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)On Memorial Day, we remember our loved ones. But these ladies recognize our fallen soldiers today and every day of…
The 1898 Illinois Coal Strike
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0522-Battle-of-Verdin-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most of us don’t think of the state of Illinois as a major coal mining region, however in the 1800s…
Small, But Mighty
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0521-Mother-Jones-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)She was small in statue but mighty in the punch she carried. An Irish born lady who brought a message…
The Mother With Souls Under Her Wing
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0520-Mother-Jones-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A mother cares for her sons and this mother had many adopted souls that she took under her wing. She…
