http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/12Mar12-Civil-War-Navy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:55 — 1.3MB)Imagine boys 11 to 15 years of age going to war.  It was reality for these young men and the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/09Mar12-Civil-War-Navy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)Perhaps you’ve heard of the story of the Monitor and Merramack…the first two ironclad ships to do battle in the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/08Mar12-Oklahoma-City-Capitol-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 1.3MB)This state’s government was ready to move out of its temporary home in a downtown hotel.  However, the route to…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/07Mar12-Oklahoma-City-Capitol-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It’s said, “home is where the heart is.”  And in this state it can be said, “The capitol is where…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/03/Oklahoma-City-Capitol-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Voters often face multiple choices when electing candidates for office.  But the residents of this state had a most unique…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/Butte-Speakeasy.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 954.7KB)Beginning in the 1920’s, the 18th amendment made the manufacturing and consumption of alcohol illegal.  During that time, something known…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/Last-Indian-Raid.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Americans are familiar with the fate of Custer and his men at the Little Big Horn.  It was far from…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/Bennett-Springs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It’s a section of stream that annually sees 150,000 anglers take their chances against about a half million trout.  Some…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/Jesse-James-Train-Robbery.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Great train robberies are the stuff of some great wild west movies.  In real life though, they say the first…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/28Feb12-Patrick-Henry-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It may be the most famous speech in American history.  In fact, it’s the final line of that speech that…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/27Feb12-Patrick-Henry-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)His leadership skills rivaled Washington and Jefferson, and his speaking ability surpassed them.  While Washington and Jefferson had their famous…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/24Feb12-Henry-Wallace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)This father and son pair both served as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.  The son even became Vice President of…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/23Feb12-Customs-House.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)The local newspaper originally described it as an eyesore and public laughing stock.  Quite a tagline for a building that…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/22Feb12-Fort-Defiance.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Most cities don’t renovate a Civil War fort that never fired a shot.  Then again, one could make the case…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/21Feb12-FFA-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)You have to give Henry Groseclose a lot of credit.  Not only did he use his hospital stay to write…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/20Feb12-FFA-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)The week of George Washington’s birthday is annually celebrated as National FFA Week.  Today, we trace the history of the…

http://www.americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/02/17Feb12-Fort-Donelson-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)It was 150 years ago that General Grant asked one of his West Point friends to surrender his fort.  It’s…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/16Feb12-Fort-Donelson-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)General Ulysses S. Grant became a hero of the Civil War and later served two terms as President of the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/14Feb12-Las-Vegas-Wedding-Chapel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)My grandparents were married on Valentine’s Day and they celebrated 76 wedding anniversaries.  But today, we honor a Valentine’s wedding…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/02/15Feb12-Las-Vegas-Wedding-Chapel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)This county performs more weddings than any other in the nation.  You probably have a good idea where that county…