Category: American Countryside
A String A Battles on the Western Frontier
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/20May15-Wheeling-Revolution-2015-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s a chapter of the American Revolution that few know today–a string of battles fought on what was then the…
Facing What Seemed to be a Lose-Lose Decision
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/19May15-Wheeling-Legends-2015.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Samuel McCulluck faced what seemed to be a lose-lose decision. Either surrender to his enemy and face certain death…or plunge…
The Wedding Capitol of the South
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/18May15-Eureka-Springs-Weddings.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s billed as the wedding capital of the south. The scenic beauty draws couples here and perhaps some legislation initially…
A Drug Store Soda Fountain Reopens
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/15May15-Ava-Drug-Store-2015-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)When this drug store soda fountain reopened, they began charging 1950s prices. What’s unusual is they’re still using prices from…
Back from the Past
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/14May15-Ava-Drug-Store-2015-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Once upon a time, just about every town had at least one drug store soda fountain. Today we head to…
Coronado’s Exploration
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/13May15-Coronado-National-Monument.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s been nearly half a millennium since Coronado’s exploration party marched through what is today’s Arizona. We head to a…
The 70th Anniversary of Victory in Europe
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/12May15-Melvin-Alper-2015-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Melvin Alper fought an entire year in Europe during WW II, but it was the last two months of the…
Trained to Face the Enemy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/11May15-Melvin-Alper-2015-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Melvin Alper had trained to face the enemy, but nothing could have prepared him for the scene he would face…
The Second-Most Visited Cemetery in the United States
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/08May15-Abraham-Lincoln-Oak-Ridge-Cemetery.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Arlington National Cemetery is the most visited cemetery is the nation. Which one ranks second? Well a stop here honors…
One Bookend of the Lincoln Presidency
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/07May15-Abraham-Lincoln-Inauguration.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)On the surface, this old train station in Springfield, Illinois may not seem to be that important. However, when you…
A Quick-Draw Shootout
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/06May15-Wild-Bill-Hickok-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)John Sellers says the key to winning an old-west shootout was not quickness, but accuracy. And when you take into…
Gambling Over a Pocketwatch
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/05May15-Wild-Bill-Hickok-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In a movie “western” you might see two gunslingers fire their pistols at each other in the town square. That’s…
Deadly Tensions
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/04May15-Wild-Bill-Hickok-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the Civil War ended, there were still many unsettled scores of course. Towns along the border with North and…
Don’t Break Down Here
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/01May15-Australia-Ayers-Rock-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If your car breaks down you probably call for help, or walk if needed. Here, if your car breaks down…
Laying Out the Streets from Afar
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/29Apr15-St-Thomas-Historic-Trust-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)The folks back in Europe were only trying to help lay out the streets of a fledgling town. Too bad…
The St. Thomas Historic Trust
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/28Apr15-St-Thomas-Historic-Trust-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Many cruise ships pull into the main harbor on St. Thomas every week. Most of those who visit don’t understand…
The One Successful Coal Strike
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/27Apr15-St-Thomas-Coaling-Ladies-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1892 there were four coal workers strikes taking place in north America. Only one was successful. The location of…
The Coaling Ladies of St. Thomas
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/24Apr15-St-Thomas-Coaling-Ladies-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The coaling ladies of St. Thomas loaded coal for steamships in wicker baskets for about a penny per trip. But…
A Penny For a Basket of Coal
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/23Apr15-St-Thomas-Coaling-Ladies-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The historic photos of their work will amaze you. Hundreds of ladies with one hundred pound loads in their wicker…
The Unexpected Inhabitants of the Virgin Islands
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/22Apr15-Virgin-Island-National-Park-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)So if you take a trip to the tropical forested hills of the Virgin Islands you might expect to see…
