Author: Tom
The Bank with Grizzlies and Beer Bottling Lines
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/02Feb22-Faribault-State-Bank-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I had heard stories about the State Bank of Faribault. Sure you can deposit money there and get loans…but it’s…
The Mighty Faribault
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/01Feb22-Faribault-State-Bank-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we welcome our new listeners on the Mighty 920, KDHL in Faribault, Minnesota. Across from the radio station you’ll…
Fort Defiance Never Fired a Shot
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/31Jan22-Fort-Defiance.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most cities don’t renovate a Civil War fort that never fired a shot. Then again, one could make the case…
The Work of the Wallace Family
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/28Jan22-Henry-Wallace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This father and son pair both served as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. The son even became vice president of…
The First Great Train Robbery
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/27Jan22-Jesse-James-Train-Robbery.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Great train robberies are the stuff of wild west movies. In real life though, the first such event occurred here. …
From Car Trunks to Airplanes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/26Jan22-Iowa-Aviation-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For the past few days we’ve taken a look back at a stop I made in Greenfield, Iowa, home to…
He Could Have Beaten Lindbergh
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/25Jan22-Iowa-Aviation-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean. But lost in our history books…
First Flight Off of a Ship
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/24Jan22-Iowa-Aviation-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today, aircraft carriers and the planes they transport play a vital role in country’s military might. However, have you ever…
An Expert on a Reality Show
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/21Jan22-Mark-Hall-Patton.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It today’s world of reality television shows, things that once may have seemed quite ordinary have become worldwide hits. One…
A First White House Meeting
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/20Jan22-Ray-Starling-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was Ray’s first time in the Oval Office and he did not want to mess up his presentation. He…
An Ag Advisor in the White House
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/19Jan22-Ray-Starling-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)During the middle of the farm crisis in the 1980s, those in agriculture lobbied to have a full time staff…
When the White House Calls
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/18Jan22-Ray-Starling-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Ray was expecting a call from a guy trying to sell him some firewood. When an unknown number popped up…
The Colorful Cessna at Las Vegas Airport
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/17Jan22-Las-Vegas-Endurance-Plane-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you’ve ever flown into the Las Vegas airport, you may have noticed a colorful Cessna airplane hanging from the…
The Longest Flight
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/13Jan22-Las-Vegas-Endurance-Plane-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What’s the longest time a plane has stayed in the air without landing and with the same two men at…
One of Two Vertical Woolen Mills
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/13Jan22-Faribault-Woollen-Mill-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are only two vertical woolen mills remaining in the U.S. One has been in this town since the days…
Buying a Century Old Business
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/12Jan22-Faribault-Woollen-Mill-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Paul Mooty says if he drove his own car one day back in 2011 down to Faribault, Minnesota, he might…
Using a Horse-Walked Treadmill to Produce Wool Blankets
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/11Jan22-Faribault-Woollen-Mill-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a time when a horse walked a treadmill to help power the machines that produced wool blankets for early…
From Slave to Soldier
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/01/10Jan22-Chattanooga-Battlefield-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine being a slave at the beginning of the Civil War only later to have an opportunity to join the…
A Focal Point of Intense Fighting
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/07Jan22-Chattanooga-Battlefield-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today it is a beautiful city perched along the hills and rivers of southeastern TN. But during the Civil War,…
The Luna Café
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/12/06Jan22-Luna-Cafe-2022.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In front of the Luna Café, on old route 66 near Mitchell, Illinois, you’ll find a beautifully restored neon sign…the…
