Category: American Countryside
Citrus History in California
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/06/2026-0710-Oroville-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The citrus industry is very important to the state of California. However, you may be surprised at the location of…
A Unique Church in Oroville
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/06/2026-0709-Oroville-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Oroville, California has its fair share of churches. It also has another house of worship that is very rare, especially…
The Boldt Antique Tool Museum
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/06/2026-0708-Oroville-Boldt-Antique-Tool-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s a tool for just about everything. And if you want to see just about every tool…well, your best shot…
Collecting Tools
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/06/2026-0707-Oroville-Boldt-Antique-Tool-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Bob Boldt was a tool salesman – a really, really good tool salesman. He was also really good at finding…
Chippewa Valley Museum
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/06/2026-0706-Chippewa-Valley-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In western Wisconsin you’ll find the Chippewa River. Its drainage encompasses a large portion of the western side of the…
The Route 66 Neon Park
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/06/2026-0703-Route-66-Neon-Park-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This is the 100th anniversary of Route 66 and that has many people traveling the old route and reliving its…
The Packhorse Librarians
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/06/2026-0702-Packhorse-Librarians-2-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was known as the Packhorse Library Project. During the years of the Great Depression, many young ladies answered the…
Rural Bookmobiles
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/06/2026-0701-Packhorse-Librarians-1-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ll still find bookmobiles that bring books to rural schools and libraries. In a moment, I’ll take you to an…
The Sterling Colorado Overland Trail
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/06/2026-0630-Sterling-Colorado-Overland-Trail-2-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the first pioneers passed here, they may have overlooked this place, believing it to be too dry to support…
Not Keen on Stopping
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/06/2026-0629-Sterling-Colorado-Overland-Trail-1-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)A famous trail passes next to this town and that fact is celebrated in the local museum yet today. However,…
A Trial that Captivated the Nation
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/06/2026-0626-Scopes-Trial-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a packed crowd in a sweltering courtroom. Refreshment vendor are allowed inside during recesses and chimps perform on the…
John Scopes on Trial
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/06/2026-0625-Scopes-Trial-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)His last name is forever linked to one of the most publicized trial in American history. It was John Scopes…
Bringing a Trial to Town
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/06/2026-0624-Scopes-Trial-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Cities might devise many plans to help increase commerce and spur business growth. Brining a trial to your town would…
The Wisconsin Maritime Museum
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/06/2026-0623-Wisconsin-Maritime-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Manitowoc, Wisconsin you’ll find a submarine that was a part of the Navy’s fleet during World War II. It…
Wisconsin’s Role in Shipping Transportation
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/06/2026-0622-Wisconsin-Maritime-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This city along the shores of Lake Michigan has long had an important role in the shipping and transportation of…
Front Street in Ogallala, Nebraska
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/06/2026-0619-Ogallala-Nebraska-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)One street in Ogallala, Nebraska is designed to look a bit like it might have back in the late 1800s. …
Where the Cowboys and Cattle Created Tales
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/06/2026-0618-Ogallala-Nebraska-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For about a decade’s worth of time in the 1800s, this Nebraska town was the end of the trail for…
On Top of Mount Sunflower
https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2026/05/2026-0617-Mount-Sunflower-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Mt. McKinley. Mt. Ranier. Pikes Peak. They are some of the tallest mountains in the United States. But this peak…
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…
