Author: Tom
A Bridge in the Desert
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/06Nov14-Yuma-Arizona-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before bridges crossed rivers, communities often relied upon ferries to carry people and supplies. In some cases, those ferry operators…
A Trip to Yuma, Arizona
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/05Nov14-Yuma-Arizona-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Yuma, Arizona is in the Sonora dessert. The annual average rainfall is about three inches per year. So it is…
The Largest of Indian Mounds
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/04Nov14-Kahokia-Mounds-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)We’ve probably all heard of Indian mounds scattered throughout parts of North America. Here just east of present day St. Louis…
The Largest City
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/03Nov14-Kahokia-Mounds-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)Before there was a United States of America, this was the largest city within it’s modern boundaries. In fact, it’s size…
One of the Most Sobering Stories of World War II
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/31Oct14-USS-Indianapolis-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Japan surrendered to the U.S., Americans rejoiced to know that the conflict was coming to an end. Buried in the…
One of the Worst Disasters in US Naval History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/30Oct14-USS-Indianapolis-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was one of the worst disasters at sea in U.S. naval history. The loss of life combined with the horrific…
Top Secret Cargo Across the Pacific
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/29Oct14-USS-Indianapolis-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)As August of 1945 neared, one ship took a top secret cargo across the Pacific. But for the men of the…
One of the Most Important Stories of Survival Ever Told
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/28Oct14-USS-Indianapolis-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)He grew up in the heart of the Midwest, but during world war II, his life at sea would become one…
Success At An Early Age
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/27Oct14-Major-General-Arnold-Fields-2014.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Major General Arnold Fields spent 34 years in the Marines. He attributes much of his success to an organization known…
An Interesting Phenomena
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/24Oct14-Spook-Light.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)People like to have answers, and perhaps that’s what makes this phenomena so interesting. There seems to be no explaining…
The Christiana Riot
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/23Oct14-Christiana-Riot-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s called the Christiana Riot – a showdown between a slave owner and those harboring his runaway slaves. It led to…
The Bravery of Former Slaves
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/22Oct14-Christiana-Riot-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the years before the Civil War, many people stood up for the cause of freedom and equality. Some of those…
Dancing With a Spring In Your Step
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/21Oct14-Wausau-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most people like to work in buildings that have a solid floor underneath them. The fact that this place has a…
An Important Product to Keep the Economy Afloat
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/20Oct14-Wausau-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This city had one important product that kept its economy afloat. That’s because the product, actually floated. Sound confusing? We’ll unravel…
The Philipse Manor
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/17Oct14-Philipse-Manor.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)When America won her independence, there were thousands of men and women who remained loyal to England during the war….
The French Lick Railroad
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/16Oct14-French-Lick-Scenic-Railway-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The heyday of passenger rail travel was about a century ago. But don’t tell that to the folks in southern Indiana,…
The Healing Waters of French Lick
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/15Oct14-French-Lick-Scenic-Railway-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Airlines might devote more flights to popular winter destinations like Phoenix or Florida. One hundred years ago they were adding trains…
The Fromm Brothers Fur Trade
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/14Oct14-Fromm-Fur-Farm-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the woods of northern Wisconsin there is a lodge that housed some of the leading businessman of the world. They…
Sly As A Fox
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/13Oct14-Fromm-Fur-Farm-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Fromm Brothers might be said to have been as “sly as a fox.” That’s because their business plan led them…
A Frontier Superhero
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/10Oct14-Kit-Carson-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Comic books tell the story of larger than life characters. In the mid 1800s, the comic books of the days took…
