Author: Tom
The Challenges Within the Orange Industry
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/03/25Mar19-Haines-City-Florida-Citrus-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you have a glass of orange juice in the morning; but did you know the state known for producing…
A History of Palm Springs
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/03/22Mar19-Palm-Springs-History.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When the rails came through this stretch of dry wilderness, the only people living here were the Cahuilla Indians. What…
The Phoenix Shot Tower
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/03/21Mar19-Phoenix-Shot-Tower-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When the Phoenix Shot Tower was constructed in 1828, it was the tallest building in the nation. It still stands…
The Tallest Building In America (in 1828)
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/03/20Mar19-Phoenix-Shot-Tower-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It was the tallest building in the country in 1828…a skyscraper of its day. We’ll go there and take a…
The Father of Arizona
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/03/19Mar19-Charles-Poston-Father-of-Arizona.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)On the north edge of Florence, AZ you’ll find a small outcropping once known as Primrose Hill. Today there is…
A High School of Criminals
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/03/18Mar19-Yuma-Territorial-Prison.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Most high school’s hope to turn out classes of top notch students. This school consistently produces a new crop of…
Getting Farmers in Touch With One Another
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/03/15Mar19-Jerry-Miller-FarmersOnly-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You’ve seen their corny yet funny commercials on tv and you may their jingle stuck in your head. How did…
Connecting People With Each Other
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/03/14Mar19-Jerry-Miller-FarmersOnly-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Imagine meeting someone for the first time and getting married to them two week later. It’s just one of the…
A Guy Named Jerry Miller
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/03/13Mar19-Jerry-Miller-FarmersOnly-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)People often ask, do you really travel to all the places you feature on the show. The answer is yes,…
History and Heritage
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/03/12Mar19-Lakota-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There was a time when one’s heritage and culture was repressed in school. As time passed, many places realized that…
A Museum That Share the Heritage of Its People
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/03/11Mar19-Lakota-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)This museum tells of the heritage of a people…but one of the most striking things to me is the ability…
The Story of Louie L’amour
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/08Mar19-Louis-Lamour.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you’re like me, you probably heard many fascinating tales from your grandparents when you were a kid. Their stories…
Limpy Jack
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/07Mar19-Limpy-Jack.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today’s feature is about a man named Limpy Jack. With a name like that, I suppose we already have you…
History in Jamestown, North Dakota
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/06Mar19-Jamestown-History.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Many forts on the high plains came and went as needs for protection passed. One such fort can be found…
The Jamestown Courthouse
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/05Mar19-Jamestown-ND-Courthouse-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In Jamestown, North Dakota you will find a grand old courthouse that was an important part of the statehood process. …
How Bismarck Became Capital of North Dakota
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/04Mar19-Jamestown-ND-Courthouse-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)How did Bismarck become the capital of North Dakota? Someone made sure the committee making the decision didn’t get to…
Civil War Veterans’ Homes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/01Mar19-Confederate-Memorial-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)The Civil War ended in 1865…but how long did the veterans of that war live? There is some controversy over…
Care of Civil War Soldiers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/28Feb19-Confederate-Memorial-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Today veterans hospitals and retirement homes are common place, but in the years after the Civil War, grassroots efforts began…
A Crop Where You Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Heights
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/27Feb19-Yuma-Date-Farmer-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Some farmers need expensive, high tech equipment to harvest their crops. This crop requires a very low-tech method of harvest…but…
A Most Unusual Crop
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/26Feb19-Yuma-Date-Farmer-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)David’s farm is just 2 ½ acres in size…but that does not mean he’s not busy. In fact, the crop…
